Comment on This was the original control for cable TV. And if you bribed the install guy with cash he would set it to give you premium channels you didn't pay for

PaulBunyan@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.

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  • somedev@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.

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• IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ACKTUALLY

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• Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  wrong. Back then they had no way to track it

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  • PaulBunyan@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.

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    • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most people don’t pay for a single pirate stream; they pay for a collection of them.

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