I really don't understand this perspective. Media is both incredibly accessible and cheap.
If you want to steal, stop looking for justification. The choice is wholly yours.
Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
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#42I don't see the need for priracy (yet).
To pay for all streaming services I only need to work 1 hour. This is to pay for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Videoland, Disney+, HBO Max and Sky
As for videogames, there's currently a sale on Steam and PSN. That's when I usually buy games. It's very easy to save money but you gotta be patient.
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#43Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
#44For movies I’m ditching the streaming subscriptions and back to digital rentals.
Most of the old movies are available for $2.99 from Amazon Prime Video.
A couple clicks from the smart tv is worth a few bucks to me compared to finding the torrent then finding a way to get it in the TV.
Watching classic films is more fulfilling than the latest steaming fad.
If you try to consume quality over quantity the monetization isn’t too bad IMHO.
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#451. If anything, just do one streaming service at a time. Pay for a month, watch a few shows, and then dip.
2. Get an Ad Blocker
3. Buy games on sale.
In summary, piracy probably only makes sense in a handful of contexts. Like I’d be open to pirating the Weird Al Movie, but mostly because there’s an ad for it where he is literally advocating this.
Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
#46Software (games included) and music: never
TV Shows and Movies: Yes, if they are not on the platforms I'm subscribed to (currently Netflix and Disney)
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#47Nah, too much work.
I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime maybe once a year for a month each. That's more than enough time to watch everything worth watching.
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#48I'm not going to speak about my personal practices, but I find the current landscape of streaming services unusable and unsustainable from a customer perspective. I share a Netflix and Prime account with my parents, and support for that is soon going to end. I don't feel like either of those services provide enough value to me to consider paying for them entirely by myself. The content is mediocre at best, finding an…
My household has one streaming service at a time. We have lists (shared reminder lists in iOS) that we make for whenever a friend mentions a good movie - it goes on the Apple TV list, or Disney plus list, etc. then once enough films build up (can take 2-6 months sometimes) we purchase a subscription and watch all those shows for one month.
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#49You are assuming I was ever not open to piracy.
Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
#50> YouTube premium
I tried YT Premium.
I found it to be unwatchable. Too bad. I was enjoying the show (Impulse).
I have no trouble paying for services I like, but find the landscape to be chaotic, and am not into paying for one marquee show.
Also, I am finding the streaming apps to be absolute bug farms. It's bad. Real bad. I'm constantly having to restart them.