Submitted 5 hours ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
They’ve eternally fucked up.
One thing that’s different about the 2020s vs the 2000s is the indifference between pirated and purchased content. Purchasing legally used to have perks. Digital purchases these days don’t even guarantee permanent access to the actual media.
Streaming interrupted the general public’s adoption of piracy and saved corporations asses. I don’t think they’re going to get another lucky break.
Then people wonder why I don’t even bother watching anything other than Youtube documentaries for free (of course I have AdBlock installed).
If I ever pay for a streaming service, it will be for Nebula, at least it’s owned by the content creators so they are profiting directly.
why I don’t even bother watching anything
I can’t be arsed to watch something that will either be canceled after 1… or I’ll watch it but it will be delisted and now I need another service to watch what I already paid for.
And ads
Eheran@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
100 billion losses just from some 200 million pirates? What…? That’s 50 $ per person per month. Enough to pay the 3 most expensive options or Apple, Disney, Netflix basic, CBS and YouTube combined. All year round. Fuck off with such made up numbers.
the_q@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Data lost its integrity just as it was supposed to.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
They always dramatically inflate losses to justify how bad and mean pirates are.
“Pirates stole 40 million billion trillion schmeckles”
uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
They will just ruin the internet even more.