New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting

Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by atourgates on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:12PM (#9768431)

The other angle that would be interesting to look at is the number of TV & movie pirates that have converted to legitimate services.

In high school, university and through my early 20's, I pirated most of the music I listened to, and nearly all of the TV shows and movies I watched.

Now, even though pirating content is now easier than ever, and I still refuse to pay for cable, I now consume the vast majority of content legitimately via online streaming.

My personal reasons are twofold:

- As I've gotten older, my income has grown and I can afford to pay a reasonable amount for access to media.

- Nearly all the content I want to watch is covered by a combination of Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Now, Rdio and sports league network subscriptions.

I wonder if I'm part of a larger trend of pirates becoming legitimate online viewers/listeners as more content becomes available for legitimate online streaming, and how large that trend is.

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by StavrosK on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:24PM (#9768481)

The other reason is simply that we grew up, got jobs and have disposable income to spend on entertainment.

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by loco5niner on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:20PM (#9772629)

And got replaced by kids without disposable income ;-)

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by priyankc on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @04:11AM (#9770289)

same here. to add to that list, as a tech entrepreneur, consuming pirated content hurts startups in that field, which indirectly hurts me.

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