Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

Post by fallat » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 5:13 AM UTC

Nextgrid wrote: post #188

CubsFan1060 wrote: post #19

As I've gotten older, I think my morals have gotten more defined. I no longer think that piracy is acceptable. Someone spends time and money to produce something, and I think they get the right to sell it however they like. My choice, of course, is to pay for the content, or just not to consume it. I don't believe I have an inherent right to consume any content I want for free. The counter argument is usually that a…

On the other hand, not consuming the content vs pirating it doesn't change the outcome for the creator - if anything, piracy is slightly better as it still keeps the content relevant in the collective mindshare so that others who don't pirate (either due to moral or technical reasons) might buy said content.

Post by Dracophoenix » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 5:59 AM UTC

dml2135 wrote: post #438

sleepybrett wrote: post #373

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This happens in physical media release as well, mostly i've seen music replaced with cheaper licensed music, I think the most recent physical releases of 'Community' still contain the episode that includes the 'Advanced Dungeons and Dragons' episode, that has been removed from netflix due to the use of Blackface (One character arrives at the game in blackface (actually jet black with a white wig) because his characte…

This famously happened to Daria. I'm not sure if a version with the original soundtrack even exists anymore.

Post by Hamuko » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 7:02 AM UTC

fallat wrote: post #600

Hamuko wrote: post #276

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> Games haven't really gone down in price either They have though. Games used to be so much more expensive back in the day. I actually ran across this nugget recently: https://twitter.com/Mailia/status/1608496022589952003 You had to shell out $70 for a copy of Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98. That's $130 when adjusted for inflation. And disc-based games weren't as cheap as you'd expect either. I think I saw an ad for C…

No, triple A games these days are $90+.

Post by kaba0 » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 9:08 AM UTC

pizza234 wrote: post #606

kaba0 wrote: post #516

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Besides the websites displaying less than friendly ads, what malware can even be found in downloading a video format? Sure, it could be an executable renamed to some video format, or something like that, but without a serious vulnerability in your video player which was very cleverly hacked for very low reward, what can even happen?

In the video file itself none, but before being able to click to download whatever (either torrent download or streaming), there's lot of misdirection. From a certain tablet for example, I wasn't able to start a video playback _at all_ from a certain website, because ads kept popping up. In some cases, it's not obvious where to click even for experienced users.

Post by pnt12 » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 10:29 AM UTC

jurassic wrote: post #208

samwillis wrote: post #51

No, but we are at the point where we are going to start cancelling subscriptions. There is more content than we will ever watch. First of the chopping block is Netflix, there just isn't enough really good content to justify it anymore. What we are considering is subscribing for maybe 1-2 months a year, bundle the things we want to see on it then. From our perspective the two most valuable subscriptions are AppleTV+ a…

I agree with everything you wrote. We keep Disney+ because their family content is untouchable by anyone else. HBO/Apple we trade off every couple of months depending on what's new and what we are most interested in. Netflix I subscribe to for about 1 month per year to binge the latest of whatever I'm watching (this year: Stranger Things, The Crown) and then cancel. Anything else (Hulu, etc) is a 1 month and churn ki…