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Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by prirun »

zirgs wrote: post #270
cassianoleal wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you mean that as opposed to part of it being converted to taxes, I'd argue that's not quite "the right thing". Or does the artist not benefit from public goods and services, like roads, public lighting, police, firefighting, etc etc etc?

It's the artist's responsibility to pay their own taxes. And yes - anonymous gifts like that are taxable income too.

I disagree. A gift is not taxable. If I send a check to you in the mail because I like your HN nickname, you don't pay taxes on that. You might need to pay taxes on a Patreon account if you have set it up for the purpose of supporting a business venture, but if you have set it up for donations to an ailing relative for example, IMO you do not owe taxes.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...

Take this with a grain of salt, I am not a tax attorney nor an accountant.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by tzs »

thiht wrote: post #257
usui wrote: post #16

> So I pirate the movie (please don't arrest me, it's google's fault) I really like the frank tone of the article and I wish people in general would just write unabashedly more often when it comes to stuff like this. Writers online love to dance around the idea of "pirating" their digital goods when communicating on the topic: "Ooh my 'friend' may or may not have downloaded 'xyz' movie from 'abc' website, but I don't…

I subscribe to 4 different platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Crunchyroll) and every fucking time I want to watch a specific movie it’s not on any of these. Last week I wanted to watch Harry Potter which I know was on Netflix and/or Prime Video at some point, now it’s not available anywhere. So I went back to piracy. 2023 will be the year of Plex+NAS for me because I can’t justify paying for so many subscri…

> Last week I wanted to watch Harry Potter which I know was on Netflix and/or Prime Video at some point, now it’s not available anywhere.

It's on Peacock Premium and HBO Max.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by tzs »

rapht wrote: post #58

There's a language issue which has not been tackled by regulators and which is actually the mere definition of what happens when I choose to "buy" or "purchase" something. This is because until recently (by the timescale of "buying things") there were no intangibles to be bought or sold. An intangible is mostly a right to something - in other words, it's paperwork. But some things are both tangible and intangible, i.…

The use of "buy" for what is more a rental is not really new. For example people have as long as I can remember talked of buying seats at shows and sporting events, even though they are actually only getting the use of that seat for one specific performance or game.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by [deleted] »

JodieBenitez wrote: post #242
comprev wrote: post #188

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Bandcampers forget the platform is for underground artists and those not tied by contract to the heavyweight labels. You'll never see mainstream pop artists on there. I love to promote Bandcamp where possible but have to remember what it can offer to "Average Joe"

True... but I would argue the average Joe was never inclined to "do the right thing" anyway, he would just do what's more convenient for him (back in the days it was listnening to the radio, these days it's spoteezer). That's what made me react in the first place... conflating a spoteezer subscription with "do the right thing" is just... bizarre to me. You can only do so when you ignore the truth of the revenue share…

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Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by thiht »

tzs wrote: post #292
thiht wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I subscribe to 4 different platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Crunchyroll) and every fucking time I want to watch a specific movie it’s not on any of these. Last week I wanted to watch Harry Potter which I know was on Netflix and/or Prime Video at some point, now it’s not available anywhere. So I went back to piracy. 2023 will be the year of Plex+NAS for me because I can’t justify paying for so many subscri…

> Last week I wanted to watch Harry Potter which I know was on Netflix and/or Prime Video at some point, now it’s not available anywhere. It's on Peacock Premium and HBO Max.

Not available in Europe. Also there’s no way I’m paying for 1 more service. Even if I subscribed to all of them, it passed the point where it’s annoying to check one by one where I can find what I want to watch. It’s time for a meta service in front of all the others, but there’s no way this is coming in the 5 years. At some point, Netflix was simpler than piracy. Now piracy is simple again.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by RockRobotRock »

cassianoleal wrote: post #253
RockRobotRock wrote: post #40

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Between iTunes and Bandcamp, it's very easy to buy DRM free music (most of the time). In the streaming era, its basically impossible to buy TV shows and movies without DRM.

Are all purchases on iTunes DRM free?

All music is.

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Post by TylerE »

22289d wrote: post #230
cableshaft wrote: post #215

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It's almost completely gone in the US on Netflix also. I've had better luck watching older movies on Youtube 'Free with Ads' service, especially 80s and 90s movies, than I've had on Netflix. And there's no ads if you get Youtube's premium service (I currently don't, but don't mind the ads). Currently on there is Wrongfully Accused (funny Leslie Nielsen movie), Glengarry Glen Ross, Robocop (1987), Ghost in the Shell,…

If you haven't, you might checkout HBO Max. It's got a much better lineup of movies than Netflix imo, especially in that timeframe.

Also Ceiterion Channel. Tons of old (good) stuff, and lots of weird indie modern stuff.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by OrangeMusic »

RedShift1 wrote: post #282
philliphaydon wrote: post #62

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I live in Taiwan but my CC is from Singapore. I want to get HBO but I can't because I don't have a Taiwan CC. But I can sign up for HBO Singapore but I can't use it in Taiwan... Soooo I'm subjected to pirating HBO content. Sometimes I wonder if these companies actually want to make money because they make it so far for us to give them money.

I've never ever understood geoblocking. What kind of company says no to someone wanting to purchase their products? They are literally throwing away money.

This is just one example I know of, but in France they have laws regarding when movies are available to stream, in order to regulate competition with the movie theaters. This means that movies available in the US are often not (yet) available in France. I can imagine media companies having to deal with such rules for all countries being a nightmare to implement and then just open in the US.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by dzhiurgis »

RedShift1 wrote: post #282
philliphaydon wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in Taiwan but my CC is from Singapore. I want to get HBO but I can't because I don't have a Taiwan CC. But I can sign up for HBO Singapore but I can't use it in Taiwan... Soooo I'm subjected to pirating HBO content. Sometimes I wonder if these companies actually want to make money because they make it so far for us to give them money.

I've never ever understood geoblocking. What kind of company says no to someone wanting to purchase their products? They are literally throwing away money.

Netflix has this nuanced aspect with languages. There's no way to filter films by:

* non english (but english subs)

* actual language you understand

Plus subs selection is pathetic - Apple TV shines here, but it's not perfect.

Re: I'm done with Google

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Post by ptman »

prirun wrote: post #291
zirgs wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the artist's responsibility to pay their own taxes. And yes - anonymous gifts like that are taxable income too.

I disagree. A gift is not taxable. If I send a check to you in the mail because I like your HN nickname, you don't pay taxes on that. You might need to pay taxes on a Patreon account if you have set it up for the purpose of supporting a business venture, but if you have set it up for donations to an ailing relative for example, IMO you do not owe taxes. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...…

Depends on where you are based. It may not be a gift if you receive something in return. And in Finland, where I live, gifts over a certain value are taxable income
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