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[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

I think Jeff Gerstmann once said "you ha e to be able to compete with free" to combat piracy. Tech companies used to understand this...

[-] sus@programming.dev 15 points 9 months ago

it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it

[-] knotthatone@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

It's really not free. Piracy is still a bit of a chore. It's just less of a chore than juggling a dozen streaming services, shitty and inconsistent apps and playing the whole "what major corporation's subscription service has the rights for this show?" game.

They ought to try sucking less.

this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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