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There was a time when downloading movies took hours, or even days. Nowadays, you can stream via popcorn time for basically free¹. As for CPU, storage - I don't
by labawi 6y ago
There was a time when downloading movies took hours, or even days. Nowadays, you can stream via popcorn time for basically free¹.
As for CPU, storage - I don't think 10+ different formats at extreme compression are a hard requirement.
Youtube ads are good, as people will have incentive to use peertube and similar.
¹ You need some seeds, but they don't need Tbps pipes.
- ApolloFortyNine 6y ago>There was a time when downloading movies took hours, or even days. Nowadays, you can stream via popcorn time for basically free¹. And a willingness to steal...
- labawi 6y agoFor the record, argument was of declining distribution costs for content you presumably have the right to share, e.g. created yourself.
- mmastrac 6y agoCopyright infringement isn't theft.
- ApolloFortyNine 6y agoIllegal copying? Call it what you will, if you had paid for the Dark Knight, WB would get $5. Instead they get $0. It's illegal and if everyone did it, movies would not exist.
- dangisawhore 6y agoThat's the idea
- Dylan16807 6y agoIf everyone that would have paid pirates a movie then the movie industry collapses. If everyone that wouldn't have paid pirates a movie then nothing bad happens and people enjoy things. Arguing one of those facts while ignoring the other one is a mark of a bad argument.
- ric2b 6y agoIf everyone took the bus the car industry would also collapse. But if buses didn't exist people might take the train instead. You can't just assume that people that don't use your service would be paying customers if a specific alternative wasn't there.