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I think the reference is to how crappy the experience is when you pay for the product. Just like the old days of pirating MP3s that's mostly gone by the waysid
by rconti 9y ago
I think the reference is to how crappy the experience is when you pay for the product.
Just like the old days of pirating MP3s that's mostly gone by the wayside because they've figured out how to make the business work. If I could choose to watch any sporting event with any announcer for $1 or $5, it wouldn't be worth my time to pirate.
FWIW, I actually don't share cable TV passwords; I'm technically a cord cutter although I have a cable TV subscription that's not plugged into the TV (I use an antenna) because Comcast charges me less for internet service if I agree to let a cable box rot in a box in my attic.
I pay for the NFL.com Game Pass streaming thing, have Netflix UHD and Amazon Prime Video, and maybe 3-4 times a year I use my own cable creds to watch something on HBO.
- sowbug 9y agoThat's the point I hoped was being made, and I agree with that observation -- when the free experience is better than the paid experience, don't be surprised when people who can easily pay still don't. I didn't actually see that point, though. Anyway, this is a good check on the monopoly of copyright. You've been granted this incredible power to sell copies that you can manufacture for free. But you still have to deliver a good experience; you're not the DMV.