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How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever. (www.thedailybeast.com)
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How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Can't read the article (acts like it's paywalled but the paywall doesn't even come up,maybe ad blocking is borking it), but let me guess... Every time a show gets big, someone splits it off into a new sub service, and people are getting sick of that shit and pulling the plug on the people they pulled the plug on cable for...

My kids hit me up for yet another subscription last week, because they wanted to watch a show. I was very close to cancelling everything instead, and teaching them some slightly sketchy skills, but I took the "high road" on it. They're getting close to the age where that ain't gonna happen anymore though :)

Consolidate yo shit media dudes. You got a finite limit on how many pieces of the pie can exist. When the slices get too small because you cut it into too many slices, nobody buys a slice anymore...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I will pay for one streaming service, if your content isn't available on there it will be on my jellyfin and my kids are happy to use that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is roughly where I'm at. I'm paying for one, maybe two. That's it. After that I'm not gonna waste my time, esp. when a VPN is cheaper and can give me better overall service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Who even needs a VPN?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

at least everyone in the US, probably in several other countries as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But, but, but, I thought the US was the land of the free...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

... companies?

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