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I think piracy is the real competitor here. Unless they stop torrents they wont succeed here.
by ImaCake 9y ago
I think piracy is the real competitor here. Unless they stop torrents they wont succeed here.
- kyriakos 9y agoPiracy will always be competition because of availability and not price. A lot of people who can afford to pay pirate cause the content they want is not available to them legally. Unless we somehow switch to a global content platform piracy is here to stay. And it's not just torrents, you can now pay for illegal services that behave like Netflix with polished UIs and get access to a larger catalog without geographical restrictions.
- dorfsmay 9y agoMake it easier than piracy, done! Today you cannot pay for a recent movie unless you go to a cinema (which I personally find an anachronism). To pay for older content, you need to find who is streaming it, pay a subscription with them, then find in what country they streaming it, pay for some fancy VPN service, setup the fancy VPN, restart your device and now watch it. Or, you can pirate it and watch it!
- tertius 9y agoPiracy will always be easiest. Much like most unethical things.
- dingo_bat 9y agoI think services like Spotify or Google play music are already much easier than pirating songs. Why do you think a similar state cannot be achieved for TV shows or movies?
- tertius 9y agoUnless you're in a country where the licensing disagrees. Or a label chooses not to sell a catalog to you. Music does work a little differently. You pay per play, vs. TV you're paying for a catalog.
- pdpi 9y agoSteam is a great counter-example. As is spotify.
- tertius 9y agoSteam is a great example, licensing seems to be pretty universal most of the times allowing games in most countries. Music is a little harder and TV/movies are a lot harder. The music business is much more on board than TV/Movies. But TV/Movies still have a lot of leverage.