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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 189 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (21 children)

the fact that Gabe said "piracy is a service problem" fifteen fucking years ago, and none of these fuckwits in content distribution have learned this at all is a source of continuous astonishment to me.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 149 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I havent pirated a single game since i installed steam 20 years ago

There was a short period of time where netflix was good enough so i didnt pirate movies or tv shows either

It's 100% a service problem

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Same story here.

Loved Netflix at first. I used to pirate a lot of tb shows and movies and then completely stopped once Netflix became decent.

Then they turned to shit and I'm back to pirating.

But not only that, I'm actually PAYING to pirate content because its a service that just combines all content from Netflix, Disney, apple, etc into one singular app that you can stream from any android device with the app.

It can have pretty shit quality sometimes, but at least I can watch it.

I will pay for shit if it's easy access.

Fuck Netflix, Amazon, apple, Disney, etc. greedy fucks.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The funny thing is, i actually have legit access to some paid streaming services. But because i refuse to download their app or connect my tv to the internet, i'm limited to 720p in the browser....

So i just pirate the shit anyway

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Not OP but I use IPTV. Roughly $150 for 6 months. I have over 9000 live channels and access to roughly 52000 movies, including movies that hit theatres maybe a couple weeks later.

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