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Piracy still exists because Netflix requires infrastructure to give you very high bandwidth movies at zero marginal cost?
by cynicalkane 14y ago
Piracy still exists because Netflix requires infrastructure to give you very high bandwidth movies at zero marginal cost?
- w1ntermute 14y agoIf it costs more, then charge more. "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem" - Gabe Newell
- cynicalkane 14y agoImagine the following scenario. Netflix: Okay, everyone can have HD movies now, but they cost more. Also, only if your ISP supports it because hey these require 5Mbps from edge locations. So it's the same as before just more expensive. w1ntermute: What the fuck? They want to charge extra money for movies that my ISP is capable of delivering for free? This is why piracy exists.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThat's a non sequitur. Why should the ISP have to "support" it in the first place?