Well streaming shouldn't have fucking won
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025
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We were trying to be reasonable and compromise... I know, how naive of us
Now that the streaming industry plunged head first into enshitification, we are back to our previously held practices
Oooo a fresh take on the reality of the situation.
Yeah, that's the notion I think I most identify with. I was like "support better behavior for a relatively low cost? Hmmm I guess so, there's a huge value here and it feels like an olive branch"
And hoooo how wrong we all were. Never again will I ever trust one of these companies. Now, it's me as a user and everything is transactional and always with a free alternative.
That's dystopian, good luck finding a job besides servicing without internet.
I may or may not have been pirating media for over 20 years and this song and dance will never end.
Sure, the well known torrent sites have marginally less content and seeds than before but my Plex server may or may not still be packed full of classics and the latest releases.
The above may or may not be purely fictional and victimless. And no, I wouldn’t “steal a handbag.” Handbags aren’t infinite digital replicas, and handbag owners don’t drive supercars.
(I draw the line at software largely due to the risks, and partly due to Mac apps and Adobe suite being locked down pretty well. I’m happy to pay for software regardless. Netflix and Amazon on the other hand…)
Shit, I didn't just pirate all the movies and TV shows I consume, but I also stole the server that hosts my Servarr stack that I download them onto from my last corporate job.
Yo ho ho, mateys, and a bottle of VPNs!
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as digitized almost all societal functions are, we really should define basic internet access as a human right.
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ah all good....nothing is lost. everytime ppl hate murican corpos more, the world becomes a better place.
apple making it hard to install warez, google forcing playstore,gsf and manifest3 on ppl
everything american is always shit. period. because entire culture is built on being a shit person. dont blame tump or sony or microsoft...it is the american people that just suck all the time.
Do not conflate the people with the corporations.
And let's not ignore the fact that many nations were happy to buy and profit until the USA government turned into a bargain sale for billionaires.
I'm also an American, and this is 100% accurate. My countrymen are assholes, and the only thing they've ever cared about are problems that directly affect them.
Huh, I'm American and I'm surrounded by people who are incredibly kind and nurturing and will bend over backwards to help others. Sounds like you live in a shit part of the country if you only have assholes near you.
You live in a country filled with people who voted Trump into power. You're surrounded by assholes, and if you don't think so then you're either an asshole with them, or a blissful idiot. I'll leave it to you to decide which.
I live in literally one of the most blue states there is. I know of 1 person who voted for Trump. And if a cup that is only 30% full is considered "overflowing" where you live I would love to move there and open up a bar. I'm sure I'd make a killing.
Turns out the 'shining beacon on a hill' and the 'thousand points of light' they used to talk about were all crosses burning.
As an American, I approve this message. It's accurate.
as an American this is an absolute truth nuke.
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Is music piracy is still a major thing these days? I've not even considered it for years, because every music streaming platform has all the music, it seems.
Movie and TV show piracy must be so much more rampant because of the fragmentation creating inconvenience to consumers.
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Japanese corporate culture is fucking terrible. I don't understand how anyone can support these gaming companies.
Edit: Gaming/Entertainment
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People wouldn't pirate your shit if it was easily and cheaply available
And won't disappear the moment someone decides they won't pay "licenses" for it to be on the service you paid for it.
And, thinking specifically about Sony, doesn't include rootkits or similar invasive security nightmares.
Sony: still trying to make the Betamax monetization plan work....
surely this is only for torrents right? there should be no way they can detect DDL.
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