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Its bamboozling that in this new age of 'deplatforming', that video and game entertainment companies have not pushed ISPs, nations, or tech companies harder to
by ArkanExplorer 5y ago
Its bamboozling that in this new age of 'deplatforming', that video and game entertainment companies have not pushed ISPs, nations, or tech companies harder to deplatform torrent sites. It would yield pretty major benefits for minor effort.
Its also strange that people are willing to spend $thousands on a gaming PC, and then risk their entire device to malware just to save a couple bucks on games.
- chucka9 5y agoSaving money is not the only reason to pirate content. Some things aren’t available in my region and never will be (as they are 20+ years old). Some things are presented via a crap app, in dubious formats or with truely horrible DRM. I pirate plenty of shows that I have legal access to or own.
- pftburger 5y agoThe way I see it piracy is mostly a UX problem. Often the UX of pirating a thing is easier than legally acquiring it. Maybe not true for AAA games, but def true for most movies/series. If your outside of the US, often a lot of content isn’t even available because of shitty geo licensing
- andrewzah 5y ago> If your outside of the US, often a lot of content isn’t even available because of shitty geo licensing This is one case where I understand people pirating. I watch some shows from other countries that simply are not published in the US or aren't for sale at all. And sometimes if they are available, certain elements are changed due to copyright reasons so it's not exactly the same. Another reason would be horrible DRM. Again, I wouldn't recommend pirating based on that, but I do understand it. Pirated content doesn't have DRM dictating when, where, or what time(s) I can view the damn thing I paid money for. I also find it fine if someone buys a DRM-locked product, then pirates the same thing to avoid dealing with the DRM.