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With the current trends in streaming piracy must be on the rise again. Are there any numbers on that? Ideally plotted against streaming subscriber numbers
by iruoy 3y ago
With the current trends in streaming piracy must be on the rise again. Are there any numbers on that? Ideally plotted against streaming subscriber numbers
- bluescrn 3y agoHow long until popular YouTube content ends up torrent sites, as the war on ad-blockers escalates?
- tmtvl 3y agoPretty long I'd guess, seeing as you can just put down €7 for a month of ad-free viewing.
- edgineer 3y agoIt's already happening. Why sign up for yet another subscription service to see that one members-only video?
- tmtvl 3y agoWhat do you mean "that one members-only video"? I'm saying that with Premium Lite (which is 7EUR) you can watch videos ad-free for a month on YT. For people who care about not seeing ads it seems like a decent deal. Much better than Twitch where it's 5EUR per channel you subscribe to, which means if you want to watch videos from more than 1 creator ad-free it's already a better deal. And people who don't feel like paying 7EUR/month can choose to either: A) Just watch the ads, or B) Build up a backlog and then binge it all in a month.
- polygamous_bat 3y agoAnd Netflix for another 20, and Disney plus for another 20, and peacock for another 20, and another 20 for the BigCo CEO retirement fund, and voila!
- tmtvl 3y agoWhy do you need Netflix and Disney and YT at the same time? How much free time do you have in a month?
- wkat4242 3y agoThat's a lot of money IMO especially if you don't use it that much. I cancelled my Spotify too as I would use 2-5 hours a month and €11 is not worth it.
- tmtvl 3y agoIf you don't use it that much you can just build up a backlog, then get 1 month of ad-free viewing and binge it. Though if you don't use it that much you probably won't be bothered that much by the ads anyway.
- Moldoteck 3y agoThat's now, but as we know, prices tend to increase. Netflix was what? 5-10 usd in the past?
- polonbike 3y agoPart of it is already there. Think Music videos, exclusive Youtube content/partnerships, Country bloqued content, Full movies, etc ...
- npn 3y agoalready there, as there is no guarantee that a video will exist forever on Youtube. many people hoard youtube videos just because they fear that those video will disappear when they need them.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoThere was a great fan-made film clip to a John Zorn song that was on YT for years. Then one day, gone. Erased from the internet a magnificently disturbing piece of artistry. Luckily I downloaded it, but that means in time it'll cease to exist. I could re-upload it, but that feels like an invitation to have my account terminated with prejudice.
- npn 3y agoFor me those were some viral videos from the older internet. It is not because those videos violate YouTube policies or anything. The uploaders just closed their accounts. Some videos just exist in my memory now.
- rhino369 3y agoI bet the amount of pirating of Netflix content is up since password sharing is being clamped down on—not that Netflix cares. If an unpaid user falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a sound? But I can’t help but feel that 90% of the “back to the high seas” comments on Reddit or social media discussions of streaming is just pirates justifying the piracy they were already committing. Pirates love having some moral justification. Shit, they should just admit they prefer getting something without paying for it.
- chiggsy 3y ago>Pirates love having some moral justification. Quellism is fictional, but that does not make it invalid. >the personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here – it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it personal. Do as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That way, you stand a better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes - between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them. Make it personal. --Quellcrist Falconer. NOTE: "Make it personal" but this is business not war. Kinda feel I need to clarify that last line.
- godzillabrennus 3y agoI think with price hikes and tools like Plex / Jellyfin making it easier to create your own streaming service for content you want the social media posts are accurately representing a shift of consumers back to piracy.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
- slikrick 3y agohow/why would there be correct pirating statistics lmao