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Yeah i think quite possibly it's a fake hacked passwords site where he basically sells access to his own sites for even cheaper, under the pretense of them bein
by 55555 6y ago
Yeah i think quite possibly it's a fake hacked passwords site where he basically sells access to his own sites for even cheaper, under the pretense of them being hacked.
- scarmig 6y agoIf true, that's a truly an example of price discrimination for the ages. I honestly have a hard time imagining anything sleazier.
- vmception 6y agoSleezier than airlines doing it based on cookies? Sleezier than every SaaS product ever giving a greater "one-time offer just for you" when you click "I'm not interested" or if you try to cancel the service? I think what this guy did is clever and not sleezy at all. It is hilarious and amazingly self-aware, monetizing customers that are willing to jump through hoops to access his service.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoClever and sleazy on a Venn diagram may be almost a circle on some occasions.
- vmception 6y agobut do you, a different person than who I responded to, feel that way here? what is sleezy about converting pirates into customers? is it the pornography relation? what if it was found that Netflix itself was the one selling their accounts for sharing on some websites? Sleezy is not the word I would use.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoI don’t have any problem with the pornography aspect. I consume the product, I have many friends who make it (and do other sex work), I publicly advocate for decriminalization of prostitution. The thing that’s sleazy about it is that none of the piracy sites are pirating one brand. So if the owner of one brand is operating such a site, he is certainly peddling pirated work from competitors, which is probably diverting revenue to other sex workers and even the ones who perform on his payroll. It’s pretty likely he’s doing other shady shit besides. For what it’s worth, this is an opportunity for any disgusting person because the law and the stigma around sex work make protecting workers difficult. A certain brothel owner in Nevada who died recently was a known creep but nearly ran a successful bid for congress because few people care about his victims.
- grecy 6y agoThe only real difference is when a big company does it we're supposed to think it's 'clever' but when an individual does it we're told it's 'sleazy'. Just like when I buy something down the street and mark up the price 100% before selling it to you. I'm a bad guy for doing what every large retailer does every single day of the year.
- windthrown 6y agoThese are fantastic points I hadn't thought of. Thank you for this perspective.
- ajit_singh 6y agoI just changed my mind about what he did being sleazy. We are subjected to what he did everyday and we won't consider it a problem even if somebody reminds us that it is.