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When did we reach a point piracy has better service than paying? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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At least for media, piracy websites have a more extensive catalogue (of course) but they also have better privacy which is crazy. And they also allow you to use ad blockers. Sites you pay for would still show ads sometimes and don't even allow VPNs.

At that point there is no point on paying for streaming and if you wanted to support the creators you could do it separetely with merch, other proyects they have or direct donations if any of those are aviable.

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[–] Barbarossa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Movies? Just owning a dvd or bluray. It was filled with a bunch of trailers and other junk when I just wanted the movie itself to start and didn't care for all of the other.

TV Shows?

Right when it releases, so I don't have to see the between ads and I couldn't actually buy it until the full season released. Even then, now they moved to streaming only, where even now you can't buy the optical media if you want leaving you with only the option to download it. Even if you wanted to pay, they won't let you buy it.

Music?

Instead of a bunch of music at the time, on MP3 player, I could just rip my discs or download them. If my disc was damaged, I could download. Instead of just having all of these crappy songs, I could select just the ones I want and put on cd at the time.

Software?

When I couldn't afford it, and still refuse to pay for subscription. I usually try to use open source now other than gaming. I will buy games, on sale, on gog or steam. Provided it's on sale, and not $60 or $80. $20 or $30? Sure.

Now? One time license? Sure.

I specifically own a computer, for dedicated cracked software and cracked games that doesn't ever connect to the internet. So, no issue if it's infected. For those games, I will buy them, when they're not $80 dollars. I'll wait until it's $30. I only install trusted sources, but you never know.

Never will I pay $80 for a new game. Even if I want it bad. That's beyond ridiculous.