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OK I'll say it.... What are you going to watch when no-one bothers to make good TV anymore, because people like you don't pay for it, but watch it anyway? I'm

OK I'll say it.... What are you going to watch when no-one bothers to make good TV anymore, because people like you don't pay for it, but watch it anyway? I'm sure you are employed also, so how about I say 'hey I'll take and use your output, but I won't pay you for it' ? You'll be fine with that, right? Pirating TV/Films that you can legally watch in your country is immoral, and left unchecked will lead to the overall decline in quality shows. However... pirating a show (that you've been watching for a few years legally already) because for some dumb reason it's now no longer available in your country (I'm looking at you, Paramount+) is different thing entirely!

iqanq 5y ago
I am not worried, they will never run out of people like you who will keep paying no matter how high the prices are.
henriquez 5y ago
I do have some morals. I wouldn’t download a car. Video streaming services, games-on-demand like Game Pass or PlayStation Now, or even launcher storefronts like Steam are providing a valuable and _convenient_ service. They are all middlemen. But when their value decreases to the point where it becomes _more convenient_ to seek alternatives, then it’s these middlemen who get what they deserve in the sense of market economics. It is widely accepted and even celebrated in the U.S. that corporations behave amorally in our so called “Free Market” so don’t give me a sob story about how some poor Netflix exec can only afford to resyndicate Mexican telenovelas because of me and what an immoral dude I am. What goes around comes around.
pessimizer 5y ago
There's nearly a hundred years of good tv, and more than a hundred years of movies.
donkarma 5y ago
shouldn't have moved from Netflix then, not my issue anymore
mvanbaak 5y ago
Pirating is driven by more then just price. When the streaming service blocks certain subtitle/audio languages (that they do have available if you have an account with them but in a different region) and they DONT allow you to watch their content in a 3rd party player (so I can actually get those subs/audio channels), they ASK for people to pirate the content. I would subscribe back to them instantly the moment they simply provide their content over an API so I can use things like plex or kodi to watch their content.

iqanq 5y ago

I am not worried, they will never run out of people like you who will keep paying no matter how high the prices are.

henriquez 5y ago

I do have some morals. I wouldn’t download a car. Video streaming services, games-on-demand like Game Pass or PlayStation Now, or even launcher storefronts like Steam are providing a valuable and _convenient_ service. They are all middlemen. But when their value decreases to the point where it becomes _more convenient_ to seek alternatives, then it’s these middlemen who get what they deserve in the sense of market economics. It is widely accepted and even celebrated in the U.S. that corporations behave amorally in our so called “Free Market” so don’t give me a sob story about how some poor Netflix exec can only afford to resyndicate Mexican telenovelas because of me and what an immoral dude I am. What goes around comes around.

pessimizer 5y ago

There's nearly a hundred years of good tv, and more than a hundred years of movies.

donkarma 5y ago

shouldn't have moved from Netflix then, not my issue anymore

mvanbaak 5y ago

Pirating is driven by more then just price. When the streaming service blocks certain subtitle/audio languages (that they do have available if you have an account with them but in a different region) and they DONT allow you to watch their content in a 3rd party player (so I can actually get those subs/audio channels), they ASK for people to pirate the content. I would subscribe back to them instantly the moment they simply provide their content over an API so I can use things like plex or kodi to watch their content.