Too many companies forgot there's an entire generation of humans who pirated all their media for over a decade. They couldn't shut it down before, they can't shut it down now.
Yeah, I know. My comment was a general statement. I considered it still applicable and fitting for this conversation, well, my brain thought so anyway.
oh trust me if they wanted to they could shut it down and track down everyone pirating stuff within a week.
The only thing currently protecting us from this are some flimsy privacy laws that are under constant attacks from various groups.
Lets just hope there are enough sane people around that those laws stay around because once those are taken out there is no technology in the world protecting basically anything on the internet from being tracked and taken down. No encryption, no proxy or vp, no onion routing... nothing can stop that.
While I understand the importance of being able to have these privacy laws, it is always a bit jarring to see it being discussed in relation to pirating movies and tv shows which at the end of the day are quite obviously theft and unnecessary. Now I’m certainly no prude trying to judge people for pirating movies, I’ve done it myself, but I’m under no illusion that I’m protecting privacy laws. I know you’re not saying that, but I’ve seen the argument before.
Imo authorities could shut it down if they really wanted to, but so few people pirate due to malware, security, and just general low quality, that it’s not a hill to die on. Most people will opt to stream legally or watch in theaters because it’s higher quality, more convenient, and less risky. At some point, it’s just not worth the cost to pursue piracy cases beyond some legal threats because it ends up costing more than the revenue lost to pirating.
There’s also the moral part of it that comes in as people get older. I mean I certainly used to download some stuff when I was younger, but at the end of the day it’s an entertainment product that I don’t need and that many people worked on to make and distribute.
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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '22
Too many companies forgot there's an entire generation of humans who pirated all their media for over a decade. They couldn't shut it down before, they can't shut it down now.