I believe we’re approaching the final 3-5 years of prevalent piracy for several reasons:

  • Software: The difficulty of cracking and modifying software has significantly increased.

  • Movies and TV Shows: Numerous streaming sites have been shut down or faced legal penalties.

  • Adult Content: New releases are often removed within 1-5 weeks, and many older titles are no longer available on piracy platforms.

Given these trends, what might a post-piracy world entail?

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    There has never been a better time to use free open source software. Software piracy is actually less convenient today. Game piracy is really only dead for big multiplayer games, which makes sense since they rely on online services.

    Pirate streaming sites were a stupid thing to begin with. I’m happy to see them and the malware they push die. Torrents and P2P will always be king.

    Porn piracy is absolutely huge. I think you’re just doing a bad job downloading it.

    A post piracy world can only be one thing: crushing authoritarianism. That’s the only way piracy dies.

    • rockhandle@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Game piracy is currently in a precarious position, given how difficult it’s become to crack denuvo. Games without denuvo still release very often, but especially in the AAA space, piracy is definitely slowing down

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I look forward to an opensource software and gaming industry. Godot and Bevvy games all over the place on opensource gaming stores that allow you to transfer money directly and in a privacy friendly manner using Taler (completely non-crypto) or openbanking.

      Yes, I dream, but it is possible.

      Anti Commercial AI thingy

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