It’s not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking

Netflix & all these streaming platforms have completely lost touch & they will lose more customers in the long run

To quote Gabe Newell on Piracy

“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”

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Yeah but for a publicly traded company, quarterly growth is the name of the game. If the numbers go down long enough, it’s game over for them.

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They don’t even have to go down. Staying stable or even going up at a consistent rate are both considered failure states, or at least unfavorable. If the rate of growth is not itself growing then they start worrying.

It’s insane.

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it’s game over for them

Hopefully.

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then what’s the point of pirating if you want the company to fail?

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2 points

Piracy saves money. Reboots are literally cringe.

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20 points

Won’t somebody please think about the shareholders?

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I’ll dance for them as I prance around the fire of their failed BSD l business model. Stupid, selfish cunts…

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9 points

I’m crying for them.

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13 points

Fuck em

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4 points

…with a baseball bat covered in nails. Rusty nails.

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I don’t know the context but I am aroused

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