Or…people pirate because they can. Let’s not take some sort of moral high ground here. I’m all for preserving lost media, but come on now. Just ~~own~~ download it.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Convenience is another important part of piracy, logging into 30+ subscriptions to watch 8 different shows is not fun. It’s just faster too.

[+] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone -20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Really? How many times does one have to actually login to a streaming service? Once? I love Plex just as much as the next pirate, but I don’t try to justify it with lame arguments.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[+] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone -8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s really not that bad. Who actually has 10 different streaming services? Hyperbole doesn’t help your argument.

Again, piracy is piracy. There is no moral high ground to take. At the end of the day, it’s still piracy.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I did before I went back to pirating

[+] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone -11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I don’t believe you. Could you prove it?

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Netflix, HBO max, Hulu, peacock, YouTube TV, crunchyroll, Amazon prime video, Disney plus, apple TV plus, paramount plus.

I have had all of those and a couple more. Personally, I've only had up to 8 at once, but if you're asking that other person to prove it, it's not outside the realm of likelihood.

All of those have exclusives. (especially for sports these days. I have to have 3 services just for football, I'm sure there's ESPN plus or some shit for people really into sports) Needing all of those just to watch the handful of exclusives you want isn't uncommon.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Same, I was subbing to everything, hbo was the last thing I cancelled when they cancelled made for love

[+] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone -6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s excessive. How much would that be per month? YouTube TV alone is overpriced. Perhaps because I don’t care about live TV, I don’t see the need for so many services.

Just own the fact that you are a pirate. It’s ok, we’re discussing this in a piracy related community! I just can’t stand people’s terrible arguments trying to justify their high seas activities.

Folks pirate because it is easy, and best of all, free.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I never didn't own that I was a pirate. That's not in question here. What's in question is that the reason I am a pirate is I was tired of paying for and dealing with all of those streaming services, and the believability of having so many streaming services. Just because you don't see the need doesn't mean other people don't.

And you are right, it is excessive. Several hundred dollars per month excessive. But that's what a large portion of people do. Most people don't know how to pirate.

Like you said, folks pirate because it is easy. Easier than the alternative. When Netflix was easier than piracy and it was the only streaming service around, I didn't pirate (except anime but that's another thing entirely). And when steam came onto the scene, piracy plummeted as well. When companies offer truly convenient options, piracy goes down. That's not justification, that's the reason.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

That’s fair

[–] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I saw a link on Lemmy to a “GoG” clone on which you can download all games for free.

Like of all the places not to pirate I would assume the company that enforces no DRM, direct downloads that you can save indefinitely and that makes older games work on newer hardware, would be on the top of that list.

Since those are such common complaints on why to pirate.

Next to that they have deals often where the prices are already really low.

Competing with free is near impossible.

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And yet when Netflix was good the amount of people who pirated went down a ton. I was on that train. Just give me a service that isn't outrageously expensive, has most of the content i want, and is more convenient than pirating and I'll do it, as long as i have an income.

[–] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah early Netflix was great, now it’s too fragmented. Like a Tidal or Spotify would be useless if they would be fragmented on the same level.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Netflix was convenient, so was worth the cost. A 4K account with a few friends was just a few euros a month and had almost everything.

Now it's more expensive, can't share and I still need to download 75% of the things I want, so now arr + jellyseer is more convenient.

[–] antiquity2038@reddthat.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If anybody is curious about what that "GoG clone" is: gog-games.to

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmyusa.com -2 points 6 months ago

Interesting link. Thank you. :)