db0M to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 8 months agoOpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down133cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1722arrow-down1external-linkOpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.comdb0M to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square189fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-11•8 months agoHow much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free. News is pretty expensive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoI don’t know what is so controversial about this statement. Investigative reporting is fucking expensive. The people who do it need to eat. If you’re not paying for it, who is?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoPeople in this community can be a bit extreme when it comes to never paying for stuff and the need to justify it. I also like piracy but the constant justifications attempts are pretty annoying.
minus-squareMetal ZealotlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoYou mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•8 months agoI am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.
How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.
News is pretty expensive.
I don’t know what is so controversial about this statement. Investigative reporting is fucking expensive. The people who do it need to eat. If you’re not paying for it, who is?
People in this community can be a bit extreme when it comes to never paying for stuff and the need to justify it.
I also like piracy but the constant justifications attempts are pretty annoying.
You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?
I am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.