The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
    122·
    1 year ago

    Hmmmmm. Let’s see here.

    People don’t like cable, because it’s too expensive and inconvenient

    People start pirating

    People like having 2-3 streaming services that show everything, without ads, for much cheaper even combined than cable. They stop pirating.

    People don’t like having 20-30 streaming services that show only a little in each service, NOW WITH ADS!?!?! and that become MUCH more expensive than cable ever was.

    People start pirating again…

    I wonder what happened?!?!

    • KneeTitts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      “The more you tighten your grip big tech, the more users will slip through your fingers”

    • BluescluestoothpasteEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s reall not even about the prices. It’s just so inconvenient to go between all those apps, and then login forgot your password, rest, 2FA so i have to get up from my couch and grab my phone.

      All these paid services could be totally free from a monetary perspective and I still wouldn’t sign back up for them. It’s a worse service than cable TV used to be at this point.

      • aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        The thing that is killing me is Netflixs attempt to crack down on password sharing.

        I share an account with a few family members. If I want to watch a program on Netflix, which my brother pays for, I have to call him up to get the unlock code. He has a newborn and sleeps weird hours.

        I end up just pirating it myself.