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Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023

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Re: Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023

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I agree with Gabe here. I basically stopped pirating games once I could add something that I like to my collection during steam sale for a nice discount instead of waiting for days for whatever service to ship it. I can also return it if I end up not lilinkg it, not like with a physical copy.

Yes, but price is definitely a part of the service. This one is easy for me: Disney jacks prices by 80%, people decide not to pay for it.

This is nitpicking, but:

Disney plus doesn't allow casting to my pc to my tv with desktop mirroring. This is DRM crap. I was using that to watch the same movie my children were watching while I was doing some work and I couldn't.

Re: Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023

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I don't mind paying for a service at all; I'll happily switch one service for another every month or few months. The main sticking point the diaspora causes for me is I can't find what I want. Maybe some people subscribe to a service and happily browse and watch what's available. I'm not a huge show or movie buff so I tend to go by personal recommendations so for me the process is flipped. I start with a movie or a s…

It's easy to find where to stream a show from: https://www.justwatch.com https://reelgood.com/

Thank you.

Piracy is still way ahead of this madness

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