Cloudflare CEO: Football piracy blocks will claim lives

Post by budududuroiu » Mon, May 26, 2025, 3:38 PM UTC

refulgentis wrote: post #4

andrepd wrote: post #2

Very telling how the article ends with a snippet about how the previous season had record-breaking revenues and how La Liga is one of the most profitable sports competitions in the world. It is never enough.

It's bad to steal things and we should try to prevent it. (I'm generally pro-piracy and don't know the details here, but am also old enough for "the people like MONEY" to not be a particularly noteworthy quality. The things that jump out to me here are A) is Cloudflare's attempted implication that they just need a better injunction true? B) The sophomoric argument that "people will die due to this" is my "people like…

Post by madars » Mon, May 26, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

budududuroiu wrote: post #11

refulgentis wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's bad to steal things and we should try to prevent it. (I'm generally pro-piracy and don't know the details here, but am also old enough for "the people like MONEY" to not be a particularly noteworthy quality. The things that jump out to me here are A) is Cloudflare's attempted implication that they just need a better injunction true? B) The sophomoric argument that "people will die due to this" is my "people like…

I’m gonna argue that piracy is the only thing keeping platforms somewhat in check to not get completely enshittified. I stopped pirating stuff when content platforms gave a compelling easy to use product, I’m back to pirating because it’s genuinely a better product compared to the endless hoops you have to jump through to use streaming services

Post by zoeysmithe » Mon, May 26, 2025, 3:45 PM UTC

refulgentis wrote: post #4

andrepd wrote: post #2

Very telling how the article ends with a snippet about how the previous season had record-breaking revenues and how La Liga is one of the most profitable sports competitions in the world. It is never enough.

It's bad to steal things and we should try to prevent it. (I'm generally pro-piracy and don't know the details here, but am also old enough for "the people like MONEY" to not be a particularly noteworthy quality. The things that jump out to me here are A) is Cloudflare's attempted implication that they just need a better injunction true? B) The sophomoric argument that "people will die due to this" is my "people like…

Post by kylecazar » Mon, May 26, 2025, 3:45 PM UTC

budududuroiu wrote: post #11

refulgentis wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's bad to steal things and we should try to prevent it. (I'm generally pro-piracy and don't know the details here, but am also old enough for "the people like MONEY" to not be a particularly noteworthy quality. The things that jump out to me here are A) is Cloudflare's attempted implication that they just need a better injunction true? B) The sophomoric argument that "people will die due to this" is my "people like…

I’m gonna argue that piracy is the only thing keeping platforms somewhat in check to not get completely enshittified. I stopped pirating stuff when content platforms gave a compelling easy to use product, I’m back to pirating because it’s genuinely a better product compared to the endless hoops you have to jump through to use streaming services

Post by ryandrake » Mon, May 26, 2025, 3:47 PM UTC

andrepd wrote: post #2

Very telling how the article ends with a snippet about how the previous season had record-breaking revenues and how La Liga is one of the most profitable sports competitions in the world. It is never enough.