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  • Summer Catcatzilla@toot.cat
    Jul 9, 2026, 8:21 PM

    @alienghic They made it easy and relatively cheap to stream the content so people wouldn't need to torrent it.

    That was brilliant - the best way of fighting something is coming up with an alternative that is more convenient. willing to buy is the most convenient one. Not the cheaper, not the best, but the most *convenient*.

    So, instead of fines, lawsuits, bans, they came up with convenient legal downloads, got everyone addicted to it, and now we have a generation that doesn't even know how piracy works.

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  • Dianealienghic@timeloop.cafe
    Jul 9, 2026, 8:32 PM

    @catzilla

    Yes streaming was affordable and super convenient for many years.

    and then all the companies got greedy, launched their own competing services with service exclusives, and streaming is now more expensive than ye old cable bills.

    And reports are an increasing number of people are fed up with the current status and are looking for alternatives.

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