Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

Post by sshagent » Fri, May 20, 2022, 1:44 PM UTC

what-the-grump wrote: post #275

sshagent wrote: post #36

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I can't imagine anyone at 'Amazon Video' actually uses the service, else they'd realise that the UI is horrific...and whole service is terrible. I only have it as its "free" with my delivery options.

I don't think its a revenue generator for them, I think its we have to have X. Music, video, etc. Look at Audiable, still exists kind of outside of Amazon.com If they really want to make it into a thing, it cannot be within amazon.com. Call it something else, rip out and make it into a service not an addon to prime.

Post by heikrana » Sat, May 21, 2022, 6:44 AM UTC

philistine wrote: post #292

zinodaur wrote: post #202

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Good thing you have all those "data hoarders" to leech off of when you wanna download something tho...

My seeding ratio is in the positive! I keep the downloaded file and seed until I hit 2.00, then it's gone. I have to convert and move the original file for my TV anyway, so sometimes the file will be gone from my library, but I'm still seeding the original for a while afterwards.

Post by WHA8m » Sat, May 21, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

rufus_foreman wrote: post #350

nunez wrote: post #330

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I am 100% against hoarding, but data hoarding makes a lot more sense to me. I was looking for an album by a small punk band called Straighten Things Out called "Dawn Of A New Hope". Loved this album; listened to it all of the time on Apple Music (where I discovered it). Went on a walk one day and tried to load it...and it was gone. I can't even find this album on eBay, and you can find everything there! "Milo Goes To…

>> "Milo Goes To College" by The Descendants, a more well-known pop punk band, was removed as well. Randomly, without warning. Politically incorrect music tends to get sent down the memory hole.