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"[...] made its debut [...] earlier today. International viewers are left waiting until other services pick it up. In the meantime, [...] finding a pirated copy is proving surprisingly difficult."
I don't see the irony there: if it is so new that it is hard to find through legit channels, it makes total sense to me that it may be hard to torrent. I wouldn't make any conclusion on the day of the launch.
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I sometimes pay for things and then pirate them anyway because I can adjust the subtitle position on the pirated version. Or I can rely on being able to play them offline. Or a dozen other reasons where the pirated version offers a better UX.
> I sometimes pay for things and then pirate them anyway because I can adjust the subtitle position on the pirated version. Or I can rely on being able to play them offline. Or a dozen other reasons where the pirated version offers a better UX. I've been doing this for years. I have a stack of Blu-Ray discs I've never opened because I send a request to my home server while I'm in line to check out at the store and by…
Most people don’t care about that though.
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Right? "I don't like what you stand for or your views on certain topics, but I do want to enjoy the product you make, so I feel justified in not compensating you for partaking in the services you provide." Can I stiff my Uber driver if I don't agree with their politics? If I don't like their car? Can my boss not pay me for developing software if I didn't laugh enough at his jokes? We find it easy to say "no" in those…
I agree with your core concept, but I don't think those analogies are fair. TV and movies are part of pop culture and depending on your circle can be critical to have knowledge on for social reasons. If something is unavailable to you due to means outside of your control (licensing, internet speed, accessibility of UI, etc) then there's more justification to that than not paying your Uber driver based on politics.
TV and movies are "critical" because... you want to partake in watercooler banter? I'm not sure how that's more convincing than uber being "critical" because you need it to get to work on time, or to get home safely after drinking.
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> sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it. Yup. Top 2 reasons I became a pirate again after not being a pirate since maybe 15 years ago: #1 I literally couldn't give someone money to watch/listen to what I wanted #2 I was paying someone money to watch/listen to something and then they removed it Even popular things like Saturday Night Live are still impossible to acquire legally in my country. Edit: Forgot anothe…
I sometimes pay for things and then pirate them anyway because I can adjust the subtitle position on the pirated version. Or I can rely on being able to play them offline. Or a dozen other reasons where the pirated version offers a better UX.
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> I sometimes pay for things and then pirate them anyway because I can adjust the subtitle position on the pirated version. Or I can rely on being able to play them offline. Or a dozen other reasons where the pirated version offers a better UX. I've been doing this for years. I have a stack of Blu-Ray discs I've never opened because I send a request to my home server while I'm in line to check out at the store and by…
Not every element: most pirated media lacks the extra content of DVD/BluRay like commentary tracks. It’s relatively rare to find shows with commentary audio tracks alongside the main audio. Most people don’t care about that though.
Aw man does anyone remember way back in the day there was a TV show produced by (I think Sony?) that was all about IRC pirating? Edit: I think it was this, "The Scene" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_(miniseries)
It’s funny how much better the Russian torrent tracker «Rutracker» is for foreign movies and serials, this show included. I love foreign movies and shows, and sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it.
For language learning (immersion based) piracy is the way, Netflix doesn't allow me to watch most of foreign tv shows and a bunch of tools like susbsr2, mpv and other work with the local file
Returning to my favorite books is a concentrated dose of spaced repetition; e.g. an Andy Weir book will have a lot of scientific language, classics like the Lord of the Rings are rich with literary language and description.