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Well it's simple.. The movie industry almost killed itself, and now it's getting greedy again. More and more people are simply downloading again. Not because th
by jbverschoor 5y ago
Well it's simple.. The movie industry almost killed itself, and now it's getting greedy again. More and more people are simply downloading again. Not because they refuse to pay, but because they refuse to pay for 6 platforms, and get annoyed by not being able to find where they can watch things.
- jstummbillig 5y agoAt this point, you would think a branch of the media industry realized establishing a unified platform before a 3rd party inevitably does it and then also wants to be cut in (Steam for games, Spotify and Apple Music for music) is the only move. You would think.
- diogenescynic 5y agoI'm not even against piracy but this comment smacks of entitlement and lack of nuance. The "movie industry" isn't some monolithic thing and no one needs 6 platforms. Pirate content if you want, but don't pretend you're entitled to tv or movies.
- throwpp034578 5y agoI very recently downloaded because I just couldn't manage to acquire the movie I wanted to watch in any other way. I looked for it in all platforms, Netflix, Prime, Apple TV, YouTube, Play Store, and it wasn't available in my country. I then connected to the US through a VPN and tried to buy it or rent it but my PayPal account didn't work because it isn't associated to the US. I finally found it in YouTube posted by a page that seemed official! But it had no captions... argh! I wasted 2 hours trying to have anyone accept money to let me watch it, but got nothing. Then I tried torrenting and 3 min after I had the movie ready to watch and a captions file ready to add. In the end I couldn't finish watching the movie because it had already taken too long.