ACKTUALLY
PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 2 days ago
If you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 days ago
wrong. Back then they had no way to track it
PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 2 days 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.
ramble81@lemm.ee 2 days 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
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Most people don’t pay for a single pirate stream; they pay for a collection of them.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days 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.
somedev@aussie.zone 2 days ago
And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.