Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi...
by alpaca128 on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:57AM
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It's not about the money, but about convenience, as is often repeated. I regularly buy games on Steam yet pirate movies.
It can take 30+ minutes and multiple account registrations to figure out whether a movie is even accessible where I live in the preferred language at a given day. I don't watch them every day, so a subscription model doesn't make much sense for me. I'd also pay for interruptions in the stream, lower resolution/quality, and in some cases ads. Why would I ever do that?
> Legality aside you need...
I don't need a NAS. Transcoding content doesn't need special separate hardware. Technical know-how is also required to troubleshoot streaming issues. Backup is always necessary. Membership to specific sites? Never had one.
If piracy was the dark art you make it seem then it would never be significant enough to make Netflix worry about it.
It can take 30+ minutes and multiple account registrations to figure out whether a movie is even accessible where I live in the preferred language at a given day. I don't watch them every day, so a subscription model doesn't make much sense for me. I'd also pay for interruptions in the stream, lower resolution/quality, and in some cases ads. Why would I ever do that?
> Legality aside you need...
I don't need a NAS. Transcoding content doesn't need special separate hardware. Technical know-how is also required to troubleshoot streaming issues. Backup is always necessary. Membership to specific sites? Never had one.
If piracy was the dark art you make it seem then it would never be significant enough to make Netflix worry about it.