Internet Piracy Is Booming. Streaming Sites Are to Blame.
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Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

  • @[email protected]English
    93•6 months ago

    Yup.

    I basically don’t pirate music because streaming is convenient.

    I generally don’t pirate games because steam and GOG is convenient. (Sometimes if I’m not sure ill enjoy it I’ll pirate as a no limit trail then buy or drop).

    I generally have to with movies and shows. Even though I have access to several streaming platforms though stuff like T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. it’s too annoying to jump around a bunch of apps and the quality is bad compared to the UHD rips of stuff

    • @[email protected]English
      15•6 months ago

      I used netflix until the majority of my searches didnt show a result. and then went back to pirating.

      using jellyfin+jellyseer and radarr/sonarr make it almost as convenient

    • @[email protected]English
      12•6 months ago

      If I want to buy a game it’s super easy to search for it on my choice of digital store front, pay for it and download it.

      If I want to watch a show I could do a search for which streaming service it’s available on and hope it’s one I have an account with, or for the same amount of effort I could do a search for the torrent and be able to watch it if the internet goes down.