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I’m not seeing a better catalogue for comparable money, just endless fragmentation with layers of paywalls to access content. What Netflix and emerging platform

I’m not seeing a better catalogue for comparable money, just endless fragmentation with layers of paywalls to access content. What Netflix and emerging platforms have convinced me of is the value and necessity of piracy, ormthe promise of a better future of media consumption will be undermined by greedy rent-seekers. I have no doubt that within a decade they’ll have managed to make the price of access to content more expensive in terms of money and effort than cable ever was.

lotsofpulp 8y ago
If you can click a button and get the content, then there is no necessity of pirating. Perhaps you don't want to pay what the owners are asking, but that doesn't "necessitate" stealing it. The only time I can think of being forced to pirate is when legacy licensing crap keeps you from being able to watch it where you want, when you want it. But if it's available to buy on iTunes or Amazon or wherever, and all you have to do is pay, then you're either choosing to pay what the owner is asking, or steal it.