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Post by raffraffraff »

BigJono wrote: post #893
AussieWog93 wrote: post #856

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Specifically for the example of Australians watching pirate rips of television programs, the percentage of us doing it dropped like a brick after Netflix launched here back in 2015 and has climbed back slightly since the fragmentation occurred. It's nothing like the old days where we had to wait several weeks to watch Game of Thrones legally, though. I don't have the exact numbers on hand, but from memory it was some…

My parents asked me to help them get into streaming a few months ago after they got a new iPad. So I bought them a Chromecast, taught them how to switch the input source between the Chromecast and Cable on their TV, which they were cool with. Then I tried to set them up on the iPad. There was about 5-10 specific shows they wanted to watch, what I found was that they were literally spread across more than 5 services,…

After my sister died, my brother in law was in a deep hole. I wanted to cheer him up somehow, and so I ended up giving him a 2TB hard disk connected to an old laptop. Then plugged a gen 1 Chromecast into his TV, and installed Plex onto an old tablet. He said it was a life saver. It helped get him through a really bad winter. I can't even think of a way I could have given him that content "legally". Some of it was great but obscure stuff ripped off DVDs that I bought over years. It's not just the complexity of multiple apps and devices - some content just isn't there. Like a shitload of really decent TV series and movies from the 60s onward.

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Post by playpause »

Rapzid wrote: post #886
mumblemumble wrote: post #130

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We should try to read each others' comments in the most charitable light possible. In this case, I think the friendly way to interpret that comment is as an attempt to anticipate and pre-empt a very common and harmful misconception about sex workers.

I vouched for the flagged and dead comment. I read it as saying that it shouldn't need to be stated, ideally, that she is brilliant because of stigma around sex work and workers. That we have then freedom to do this as we please in the USA, it's legit work, and many people of all intelligence levels and circumstances may choose to do it. It's a strongly worded opinion and with Afghanistan thrown in, but we all know t…

A person acknowledging and countering a stereotype is not responsible for the existence of the stereotype.

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Post by cik »

e40 wrote: post #686
Sebb767 wrote: post #505

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I've actually heard that quite often and it seems anecdotally true to me, but is there actually any study to prove this?

I had completely stopped downloading movies in 2018, and even for that year, I downloaded very few. I had been tapering off since 2015. These are real numbers from my NAS. I got a seedbox 2 months ago. This was my last straw: trying to rent some movie on Amazon and was told I had to subscribe to some service to watch it--there was no price to watch it once. The other things I did recently: 1) paused Google YTTV becau…

The UI and general use of these apps are so bad - that I literally find myself torrenting things from Netflix, Prime, and Disney+ rather than use those apps, purely to be able to consume it on Plex.

The VPN jumping lunacy bothers me. I moved countries - great so I can't use Disney+? I get it, but that now means I have to download (your new) content because you won't actually let me buy your content, directly from you. For the first couple of months I continued to pay for the service. Eventually I decided that if you don't want me as a customer, I don't feel bad about downloading it. Sad really.

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Post by antihero »

Jgrubb wrote: post #63
63 wrote: post #46

I'm curious how much this may have impacted their users regardless. I imagine that a lot of people learned that relying on a single platform is dangerous and how important it is to diversify your online profile. I don't think people will trust Onlyfans anymore.

Network effects will always win, regardless of the trustworthiness of the platform.

Yeah but it's a case of how much effort it takes to post to multiple platforms?

I wonder if there could be a meta-platform which aggregates feedback, cross posts automatically, etc.

It differs from Facebook because the kind of interaction assymetry.

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Post by [deleted] »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #933
lawn wrote: post #429

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And also why piracy is increasing again as the movie/TV series space is becoming so fragmented.

It strikes me the best cure is to restrict copyright to force federation - if you sell to one company who retails to consumers in a geo locality then you're required to make available to any company at that price. Streaming services would be forced to compete in everything except content. Creators would still be paid. Copyright isn't a natural right, it should be continually adapted to serve the public. What are the…

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Post by bserge »

da_chicken wrote: post #405
rootsudo wrote: post #36

My biggest shock was how much "PR" was generated on Reddit, and how many sexworkers really do use the platform. I knew it was a thing, I knew of the memes, but to see both sides in arms over a company vs branding, creating their own website and content - and vanity domain as well. People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. And the memes, I think they're pr…

> People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. Once they know it's possible, people want a one click solution for anything. The subject being taboo has nothing to do with it. This is one reason why Youtube, Spotify, Steam and Netflix did such a good job combatting piracy for music, video games, and movies, while ROM sites are still a ubiquitous problem for 2…

Seems like more of a benefit than a problem. Current games that need a server side will die off this decade with no chance of being played ever again. Zero long term marketing/awareness for the brand, developer, console maker.

A good thing overall, tbf.

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Post by gelert »

busymom0 wrote: post #938
lmm wrote: post #927

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And? The US constitution doesn't apply in Britain for obvious reasons.

I never talked about the US constitution. > Under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998, “everyone has the right to freedom of expression” in the UK. But the law states that this freedom “may be subject to formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society”. My question is why this doesn't apply to those 2 sexual acts?

As stated in the BBC article it's not banning those sexual acts, it's banning depictions (e.g. porn of them). And it's banning these ones in particular because they are considered by the UK Gov to be life threatening.

So it's not about freedom of expression because it's about selling porn. And the gov has a justification as to why these 2 acts because it believes they're dangerous (note they also banned strangulation but that didn't get talked about because few people disagree that strangling someone for pleasure is dangerous).

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Post by bserge »

salamandersauce wrote: post #784
jstanley wrote: post #607

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Why is piracy of games for a 20-year-old console a problem? Is anyone still selling new games for those consoles?

Yes actually. You can still buy brand new copies of titles like Kingdom Hearts, FFXII and others for PS2 directly from Amazon.com and not a third party seller. For a while Square Enix was selling PS1 versions of FF games too although they have seemed to have stopped in the last few years.

Oh I see, that's a surprise for me heh

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Post by jon-wood »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #933
lawn wrote: post #429

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And also why piracy is increasing again as the movie/TV series space is becoming so fragmented.

It strikes me the best cure is to restrict copyright to force federation - if you sell to one company who retails to consumers in a geo locality then you're required to make available to any company at that price. Streaming services would be forced to compete in everything except content. Creators would still be paid. Copyright isn't a natural right, it should be continually adapted to serve the public. What are the…

If copyright law said that the price a piece of content is available for is the highest amount any provider in a region is willing to pay then you're setting up for a monopoly, as Netflix or Amazon Prime with their near infinite content budgets set the price of everything they like higher than any new competitor can afford to pay.
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