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FlavoredButtHair, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years
@FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world avatar

Well streaming prices have gotten ridiculous.

jimbolauski,

It’s not just the prices, people are lazy. You can go to one place and get all the things or search 10 different places.

isles,

It’s not just the prices, people are lazy.

Or they just demand good value for their service. Netflix hugely curtailed piracy in their early days. Same with Valve’s Steam.

obinice, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

What’s that about only getting 720p though? My TV shows the 4K HDR stuff great from places like Netflix or Prime, has done for years now, and my TV isn’t even new. Surely all modern stuff will show all that high definition stuff just fine.

I think my browser does too, though I only have a 2K screen as of recently on my PC, but I’m certain it’s not playing video in 720p for sure. It’s at least 1080p if not more.

But yeah, these services aren’t giving enough bang for their pound these days, it’s reaching insulting levels, it’s unsurprising people are forced into piracy.

The consumer (or if you prefer, the market) decides what someone is worth, and if it’s being sold for above market value… people won’t buy. Simple as that.

We’ve shown we’re happy to pay a reasonable amount of money for these services, and yet they insist on squeezing exorbitant amounts of money out of us for less and less value. Madness.

DeadNinja, (edited )
@DeadNinja@lemmy.world avatar

What’s that about only getting 720p though?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GZUCwVRLs

lobut,

I’ve bought a lot of 4K movies/TV shows on Google Movies and they’re all 480 on my browser. Support tell me they understand my frustrations and say I gotta use Safari or Edge or something and they’re like 720P or something. I’m like, oh great, thanks.

Firefox and Piracy seem more alluring to me.

kbal, (edited ) to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years
@kbal@fedia.io avatar

12% over four years? Damn. Somehow I had the impression that there'd been a significant increase.

Netflix revenue is up by roughly 60% in the same four years.

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I’m really surprised by this, specially since I cancelled Netflix over a year ago myself…

It’s like renting movies that can be taken away at any time since you don’t own them. And ads can be introduced whenever. Not to mention poor streaming quality on top of all this.

newthrowaway20,

Thank you for keeping things in perspective.

TCB13, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

I fucking wonder why. When owning isn’t owning them piracy is totally justified.

We pay for 4K, but we don’t get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and a

Not only that… you pay to get tv content and suddenly they remove it because of licensing or political correctness bullshit.

Haha,

Also riddled with ads

dasgoat, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

This gives me hope

BobGnarley, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

This is the number one reason I won’t ever pay for a netflix subscription (or others) again. Pay for 4K but you dont get 4K if you want to watch on your laptop or android streaming box that they don’t approve of. Like how much fucking greedier could you be? Fuck them I hope they all go the way of blockbuster soon.

rickyrigatoni, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

I wonder what happened in those four years that gave people a lot of time to watch movies but not a lot of money to pay for them 🤔

shalva97, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

Most likely it’s Russians

onlinepersona, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

I bet we’ll reach a point again where normal services are just so shit that piracy is normal again. Then they’ll try and take down even more things. Hopefully then we’ll decide to move operations to I2P.

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JokeDeity, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

Literally every single time I want to watch any specific movie it’s not on any streaming service without buying or renting, and I don’t mean new or recent movies. So yeah, I’m pirating again.

RedTie13, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

Those are rookie numbers! Let’s pump it up!

EmperorHenry, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years
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and that’s only what can be confirmed.

Haha, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

Pirates up to the mountains!

chicken, to piracy in Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years

Hope it goes up more

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