again? Who said I was ever against it lol
Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
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#403Just one movie shows how the situation is nuts:
Baahubali is a very long movie that was split into two parts. It is not a normal "movie 1 + sequel", it is basically a 5 hour long movie split in two for easier production.
Netflix originally had both parts, it is where I watched it. I went to show the movie to my wife and found out now only second half is there. The first half is on HBO, that doesn't have second half.
So to watch one movie you need two subscriptions!
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#404Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do they charge in the US? It costs me 3 EUR / month here in NL which is worth it. Amazon regularly either undercut or price-match other stores and for 36 EUR a year I get enough entertainment from Prime alone. Netflix is 15 EUR / month and I honestly just keep it for the kids + my wife..
In the US Prime Video is $9/month, full Prime is $15/month. I think it's half price for students.
Student discount is now time limited iirc!
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#405I don't think I would ever resort to piracy, as a middle aged guy with a family, the reward is not worth the risk to me plus I am lucky enough to be able to afford to watch what I want if I really want it. With that said the quality of options available on streaming services has really gone down. I am subscribed to Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple, Hulu and HBO Max; and there is nothing to watch. I am likely going to c…
> I am concerned with the channels attempts to front and center homosexuality targeted at kids This is the first I've heard this complaint. Could you share some examples of this type of content and why it's concerning to you? I don't have Disney+ or kids.
There have been several times, generally during pride month where gay focused shows have been the top items displayed on my kids accounts when they login. Adult accounts are fine. They are animated and kid friendly shows so they encourage children to click on them. Really don't want my kids watching an animated show telling them how to come out.
Another is a large number of recent Disney movies feature LGBTQ main characters such as Strange World. This is fine I am not telling a company what to make but I generally try to limit my kids exposure to homosexuality and the main character in an animated movie being gay makes that difficult and leads to me having to tell my kids they can't watch something while being vague on the reason.
I'm not anti gay, I'm pro gay marriage and pro adults doing whatever they want. I just want to limit my kids exposure to it while they are young. Just a personal choice.
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#406I went from full piracy as a teen to paying for everything as an adult. However, recent price hikes, password crackdowns, removed content, and fragmentation have changed my mind. It’s now easier just to rent a seedbox in another country and setup Plex, so I do that.
Funnily enough, it costs me what a couple of streaming services used to cost It’s not about the money. It’s about wanting to preserve access, easily, to my favorite shows that I love to rewatch.
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#407Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Considering how frecuently movies (and third party shows) disappear from one platform to appear in other that seems hellish. It's easier to pirate stuff.
It depends on the movie. Friends might drop from Netflix, but there’s a lot of content being made that’s wholly owned by the streaming service itself that will stick around forever. Especially with Disney.
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#408> “We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem,” he said. “If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and m…
It is worth considering that Gabe Newell quote in light of how Steam built its original install base: By strong-arming owners of retail copies of Half-Life (notably including players of CounterStrike, a player-created mod) and requiring them to install Steam and create an account to update Half-Life / play it online.
At the time this was as well-received as any other strong-arming.
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#409I used to pirate things. I still do, but I used to too.
The golden age of easy access media was 20 years ago. Its also today, too.
I like streaming services. Streaming services are great when you're into movies, and you want to watch 2000 of them.
R.I.P. Mitch Hedburg
I feel it's back to where things were with cable TV. Subscribe to 5 services and get access to the 6 series you want to watch. Or buy a "package deal" and upgrade access to services that add nothing of value. Either way, I have no time to watch all the content I want before it expires. And once expired I have the option to pay for it again while abiding by TOS to keep the now doubly paid for access open. I have yet to encounter a .MKV with such issues.
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#410Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also have a tendency to edit, remove episodes, etc. And it does not even need to be for political correctness either. It could be licensing rights to music in shows. They will sometimes edit a show to remove the music or remove the episode altogether. (This happened with Scrubs.) They will remove content that involves people talking about suicide. They will remove content that is offensive. They have even gone b…
Peep Show, 30 Rock, Community. Modern classics, editing out "offensive" material, that was actually making a point about how offensive it is.
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