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Not really. The speed bumps affect everyone, but it's enough that one person or group cracks the DRM and makes the result available for everyone.

• kube-system 5y ago
  It doesn’t have to be much friction to have an impact. People take the path of least resistance.
  • DarylZero 5y ago
    But it does, because of the effect just mentioned. 99.999% of people can take the path of least resistance while the 1 in 100,000 exception bears all of the friction for all of them. Perhaps though the real friction is not exactly technical but that the piracy sites don't have the same attention-capturing "feed" or recommendation mechanisms set up. Just the friction of having to make choices.
    • oriolid 5y ago
      There are still entire websites dedicated for TV shows and music (and after you have looked at them once, they show up on Android feed), Facebook and Twitter feeds, etc. And I guess everyone agrees that Netflix recommendations are not that great.
    • kube-system 5y ago
      "99.999% of people" aren't pirating media. The profits of the media industry speaks for their own success. They are doing fine.
      • oriolid 5y ago
        This would leave around "70000" people globally who do. The number sounds suspiciously small to me.
      • DarylZero 5y ago
        I didn't say that 99.999% of people are pirating media.