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Here's what I don't understand... Piracy is always going to be around. It's just easy for me to hop on my friendly neighborhood torrenting site and download a
by RyanKearney 15y ago
Here's what I don't understand...
Piracy is always going to be around. It's just easy for me to hop on my friendly neighborhood torrenting site and download a copy of a movie or album I want to watch/hear. I used to torrent like no other, until something happened. Netflix came along. I signed up for Netflix and you know what, I can honestly say I've never torrented a movie since. Why? Because I'm content paying my Netflix monthly fee to legally obtain movies without jumping through hoops and having to install adware infested DRM software and whatnot. I also subscribe to Hulu for TV shows that I can't get on Netflix or aren't all available to instant stream (yet?)
Now we have Music..... I have an iPhone so you know what, I still torrent music. Why? Well I have Grooveshark, but Apple is too stuck-up to approve their app for the app store. What's that mean? It means while I could listen to the music legally (which is still arguable when it comes to Grooveshark) Apple isn't going to let me. I'll be damned if I'm going to be forced to pay for something I already have a subscription for. I could jailbreak and get the Grooveshark app, which I'm thinking about, but we'll see.
tl;dr Music subscription site like Netflix is for Movies that works on iOS devices = dramatic decline in piracy. Of course, it will be a cold day in hell before Apple allows another company to cut into their iTunes Music Store profits.