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Torrents or file sharing in general is maybe a good parallel. My impression of torrenting is that crackdowns have made file sharing a niche instead of mainstrea

Torrents or file sharing in general is maybe a good parallel. My impression of torrenting is that crackdowns have made file sharing a niche instead of mainstream activity. Of course it can't be 100% wiped out, but the general public is now wary of file sharing because the message is out there that it's risky.

Scoundreller 6y ago
I think Netflix/Spotify/YouTube and the like “hurt” piracy more than any legal manoeuvre. My own piracy would go down another 50% if I had access to free/paid services like in USA. Then there’s the time I couldn’t play a movie I rented on my TV through Apple because I guess it didn’t like my old TV’s HDMI interface...
rawtxapp 6y ago
I think it has more to do with the fact that for 10-20$/month you can subscribe to Netflix/Spotify and not bother with torrent. That said, torrenting is still alive and well.
- asdff 6y ago
  That's true for spotify but not for video streaming. The libraries are too siloed so you could end up shelling out quite a lot buying up accounts for these parallel services.
- randomopining 6y ago
  Yeah before it was like, you had to go to the store to spend $15-25 on a single new movie on DVD. Now there's a ton of stuff at your fingertips in 10 seconds for like 10-20 month. Makes it a lot less worth it for the average Joe.
larviz 6y ago
I think online poker is a good example too. Online poker never went away but it also didn't take that much to cripple the market to a point it couldn't come back from. It also somewhat caused all the scams and shady practices to see the light of day.