It’s why I’m struggling really, really hard not to feel to annoyed with the average consumers that still buy this trash instead of supporting less oppressive alternatives.
Like, yeah, people should just be able to buy what they like and not have to concern themselves with the overall market trends they’re helping to entrench… But holy shit is it becoming a serious problem. The customers are what drive the direction of the market, and the customers are sleepwalking us all off a god damn cliff, and by the time they wake up to start complaining about it, we will already be halfway down.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Frog with hacked firestick and a pirate subscription: huh?
Frog who downloads media himself and hosts it on his own server: you guys are in water?
rostby@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
You are not immune to propaganda
grue@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And in particular, even if you avoid being exposed to it, you are still affected by other people being exposed to it.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Why come we are affected by what other douchebags are exposed to?
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 year ago
But to adverts. :-p
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hacked how?
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I dunno exactly, I just know many people have “hacked firesticks” that basically run Kodi, then they pay some dodgy dude on WhatsApp like 30 euro a year and get e v e r y t h i n g as a streaming service. Sometimes the service gets shut down, but apparently they’re pretty decent at referring you to their new operation with credit - and even if not, you’ve paid far less than a full legit TV package.
I’m honestly a little jealous, as they even get live sports streams. Meanwhile, if I try and get them I have to go to very dodgy websites, and often the stream cuts off at key times. However, I just can’t bring myself to pay for piracy.
Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I met a guy in the city that supported himself selling cracked firesticks, I shit you not. 40 bucks a pop and it’d be plug and play all the way supposedly, and that’s all he did, sell those via word of mouth.
As an old, I have to chuckle at the whole thing as it reminds me of the '80s when (if you knew who to talk to) you could pay a guy to open up your 13 channel, wood paneled cable box, move a few things around, and give you free Home Box Office. It was the tits, let me tell you.
Fuck, I’m getting old.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And when that frog realizes that all the other frogs in the water have been caught and eaten already, where do you think the predators are going to turn to next?
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You’re right! People should stand against this NOW by not paying for these shitty services!
Wait a minute…
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If someone could explain to me why that comment is getting downvotes?
The point I’m making is that just looking out for yourself is never enough, sooner or later its your turn.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s absurd. You’ve strained the metaphor by pushing it too far and it makes no sense.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I dunno why the downvotes, but I think your analogy doesn’t quite work. If anything, piracy keeps prices down for paying users - so long as piracy is an option, media services cannot raise their prices to such an obscene level, as the more they do it the more people will turn to piracy. So really pirates are on the front line.
Also, a lot of piracy is still done by torrents, which inherently helps others to pirate themselves - especially if you leave it to seed.
It’s just kind of sad that fewer people do it these days. Just like it’s sad how few people use ad blockers.