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I still pirate movies - despite being able to afford them now - just because the experience is so much more pleasant. There's a file, you can open a file with t
by LAC-Tech 4y ago
I still pirate movies - despite being able to afford them now - just because the experience is so much more pleasant. There's a file, you can open a file with the media player. Simple. No crapware, no phoning home to the internet.
Feel zero guilt about it.
- _cenw 4y agoUnfortunately it looks like the kind of person who prefers a file over an app with a magical cloud is becoming more and more rare as apps erode the very notion of such concepts. It's like trying to explain to your aunt that "the fediverse is like email" when email itself might as well be a Google service for most people.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoThere's way too much gnashing on teeth on HN about what the masses prefer, or what's popular. I'm a technical user. On a website full of technical users. We really should stop considering their needs over our own even in recreational discussions.
- _cenw 4y agoI was making a point about "despite being able to afford". I really would like to support the things I enjoy. But aside from a lot of people extracting value between artists and commercial art, I also have almost no ability to pay for the media I consume without being forced into a hellish ecosystem. And that's a result of everyone around us having the notion being able to "own" media erased from their expectations. Hell, sometimes something isn't available in my region through any legal means.
- FullMetalBitch 4y agoI remember reading an article about younger generations not knowing what a file is (or a folder).