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Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Trying to monetize the piracy of your users. That’s a bold business strategy.

Look, I know a lot of people could be using the sharing feature to share material that is in the public domain or that they own the copyright to, but let’s be honest: most of that sharing would be considered an “unlicensed public performance” by the MAFIAA.

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mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They sold to private equity a couple years back. The enshittification started that day.

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- jonathan@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  They took VC funding (which is also bad), selling to private equity is very different (they strip mine businesses).
  
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adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

to monetize the piracy of your users

that’s generally what gets sites and services in ‘trouble’

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T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Trying to monetize the piracy of your users. That’s a bold business strategy.

Some time ago, never mind how long precisely, Plex were trying to legitimise themselves, by adding streaming from official sources, etc.

I would be curious if this is meant to be a deterrent, or just to look like one by making piracy expensive.

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- CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s not that expensive. You can buy a lifetime pass for like $70 when it goes on sale. That’s like half the price I pay to Comcast each month for my internet.
  
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  - AugustWest@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Not anymore. They changed the prices and discounts by quite a bit.
    
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rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Dotcom’s been doing it for decades and he’s rich as hell. Even after losing 95% of his money since 2012 he’s still got $10mil.

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