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If I can't own it, why would I pay for it?
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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Honestly, I'm surprised it's only 50%. They don't have a cost of living crisis there?
I suppose they don't use their superlatives quite that inflationarily.
As a Norwegian I talked to some acquaintances about a TV-series they liked and I asked "Cool, where can I watch it?". Then we all just looked at each other and laughed.
Norway is so expensive 😬 even for us Swiss people
I would laugh too
I have a few Norweigan friends and they say the same.
Young people under 30
as opposed to old people under 30, like me! Still pirate though
It's for old people over 30, like me, so we feel old.
Specifically excluding the ones who are exactly 30, since those transcend the confines of young and old.
what about young people over 30 though?
See above.
Well, since I don't own what I buy, I don't see how pirating is anything other than getting something from a cheaper distributor.
After all, how can I steal something that can't be owned?
Yeah, I'm just watching/playing the content, I'm fine doing that without the license, which is the paid part anyway, right?
You see, streaming is a service and you choosing to not use their service is... uhmm... theft!
People are being exploited and screwed over left and right. Piracy is not even a blip on the radar.
If society was built on moral rules and honest behavior, then maybe people should feel bad about pirating. But this society? Lols.
I struggle to even see the difference from slavery on most days.
When companies treat you as a criminal even when you do try to do everything their way, it really becomes hard to care.
The way many companies act, you'd think they believe that you have to be a sucker to buy/use their own products.
Even when honest, I can approve the piracy in those days, as companies exploit everything, it acceptable for me.
Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.
When rich have rape sex trafficked victims this one never comes up 🤡
You guys are saving money?
It saves a lot of money for each subscription service you can skip.
I only had to buy a VPN and a cheap mini PC as a server. And then a 1tb SSD. Then I needed to buy another 2tb. And then I had to run Ethernet upstairs for it since the WiFi card couldn't keep up. Then I had to upgrade the router to support the new gigabit cabling...
Eh, well, at least I get to keep something out of it.
Yeah, at least you OWN something. With digital games or subscription services you are at the mercy of companies.
Yeah, I'm going for a bit more storage, currently sitting at 108TB. The price of my home server could pay for around 75 years of Netflix.
Selection is probably better though
Selection is probably better though
You mean at Netflix? Maybe, but only temporarily. If I'm missing a piece of media I want I'll simply download it and add it to my server. And contrary to Netflix once it's on my server it'll stay there.
Wooosh
No selection on your server is probably better...at least for your taste.
If you only leech and you're not a hoarder, it really doesn't require much. For most people there's not really any need to store every single piece of media they've ever consumed or hope to consume...some day...maybe. Or setup tools to automate their uncontrollable hoarding.
Oh God this is going to become the new "clearing away all grandpa's old Playboys and VHS tapes and newspapers," isn't it?
Use a password manager; keep the porn accounts in a separate password vault that can be disposed of. Keep the password in a safe and/or include it in your will in some way.
I'm going to have to take over my dad's setup someday and keep it running for my mom...
Good point although I was thinking more generally in terms of the sheer quantity of hoarded material. Every episode of Taggart and Midsomer Murders and Housewives.... Grandma's hoard might be even more unwieldy
Oh, I'm familiar with hoarders. Grandma is floor to ceiling; shed, two car garage, basement, both floors. I think the family plan is to let the city/bank deal with it when she goes. We won't go inside.
I totally agree it's a job best done by someone without any emotional ties.
I also realize that "the bank/the city" means "some secondary cleaning contractor" which means "some probably-undocumented immigrants," i.e. another vital service which could be impacted by the Trump Purge.
Yep, roughly $400 a week.
I run lean, dude. You don't want my life.
If it's about the hobby, the low end is what an old laptop and a crap hard drive? Cycle out new releases as they come and go.
I could set someone up with Jellyfin and a full arr suite for $50.
Yep, roughly $400 a week.
Huh? How? Were you subscribed to every single streaming service that existed?
Was it implied that I was in dire straits because I was streaming?
His statement was pretty general. It's hard out there to save money, even if you aren't streaming.
I understood your comment to mean "piracy is saving you $400 a week", so before piracy you spend $400 a week on media, which sounds like an insane amount.
No, it's what I can put back rn barring photosynthesis so I wouldn't have to buy food.
I'm working on it.
well, before that and for generations, banks printing money was an acceptable way of governments to make rich people richer and all others poorer, so i can fully accept that stealing was learned from govs and the richies there. change how "the successfull" accomplish their successes and you can teach the kids how to live without stealing, keep abuse by gov and richies as is and all the theft is done exactly as ordered by govs and richies, no matter the age.
That figure’s come down significantly since the age of vikings though
"Saving money by" vs "making money by"
"A penny saved is a penny earned!"
- Benji F
GET IN THE EVA BENJI!
A penny pillaged is a penny earned
Are... Ummm... Is this flirting? Can't it instead be "A penny taken bowling and then for ice cream" instead of going straight to pillaging?
Those are rookie numbers, you've got to pump those up.