The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    30•1 year ago

    When the world is either ad-supported or locked behind a paywall or, worse, both, this is what will happen.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      Adds would be fine if they were unobtrusive, sidebar adds or hell those little bars that scroll across the bottom 10th of the screen like a news headline I’d be fine with those things. Its when the adds actually obstruct my ability to enjoy the product that I take issue.

      • fox_the_apprenticeEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Ads that permit code to run locally are a security hazard. That’s most ad platforms.

        I’d deal with intrusive ads just fine (and when I was younger I used to), but I run an adblocker and noscript for security reasons. Unobtrusive ads don’t change that for me.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        I wonder how many people have an ad tolerance like me. Those ads are fine for most people but I get so annoyed by even that. The entire concept upsets me. I don’t want to be told what I’m supposed to want, ever, by some corporation unless I ask them.