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submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 143 points 10 months ago (10 children)

All this hasn't forced me into piracy.

It's worse than that.

It's forced me to stop caring about shows or movies entirely.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I’ve been reading a lot more.

[–] McDropout@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes me too, I find myself watching movies less and less.

I find myself buying real books, ebooks online and buying vinyls.

I still stream music though, but the thing is, most music that could be found on Spotify, could be found on Apple Music or Deezer.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 10 months ago

most music that could be found on Spotify, could be found on Apple Music or Deezer.

As it should be. Compete witg additional features not with exclusivity.

Epic tries to do the same with Steam trying to strongarm the gaming community with free games.
And yet the users will still pay on Steam.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's odd. I find myself unable to keep up with all the movies I want to see. You should check out the Criterion collection.

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Same. I gave up on star wars after glub shitto was given to fake Luke at the end of that series. Just haven't been able to care about the flood of B tier content after. Same with marvel after end game. There's like 6 half assed shows and 8 movies or something now. It's just too much filler and there's no way I'm paying 3 or 4 services for mediocre content. I pirated everything in my early 20s and this feels like going back to the old times when the Internet was better. The nostalgia alone is making me happy to pirate again.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The same thing happened to me. It's really sad.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am most definitely far more passive in my consumption than before. YouTube is actually where most of my media comes from now. Then my colleagues are always on about the Masked Singer or whatever is going on. I managed to make it through maybe 2 episodes before it made me sick.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Other than A24, aint nothing really worth watching these days. Which is great, because I have a backlog of great movies and TV backed up that I'm going to spend the next couple decades crushing.

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

im glad i still care because i never let them josh me

[–] mrchampion@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was sort of like this before, not really caring too much about most movies or TV shows, but that was just because I had higher standards to what I would be willing to take the time to watch. When I did find something I thought was worth my time, like for instance Full Metal Alchemist (yes I know it's an anime, it still counts as a TV show imo. Also it's great, I definitely recommend watching it). The general decrease in quality and increase in quantity of shows and movies just made me stop caring to watch really anything; why take a chance with a likely shitty show or movie when I can get much more fun out of playing video games? I know there's likely some "hidden gem" kind of show that nobody really talks about because it's hidden away in all the crappy shows, so I usually only decide to watch something if I've heard good things about it more than once. Even then, I may still not watch it, like for instance One Piece, which I've heard is incredibly long.

[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hi, One Piece fan here. Yes, it's really long and really intimidating to start. I haven't watch most of the anime too, and never recomment others to watch it. I'm solely reading the manga (and live action).

I suggest waiting for the netflix anime readaptation that's in production now. Logically, it should have better pace and much less filler than the first anime. It's gonna be way easier to pick up than the first anime with its thousand episodes.

[–] mrchampion@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I suggest waiting for the netflix anime readaptation that’s in production now. Logically, it should have better pace and much less filler than the first anime.

I mean, it IS Netflix, so it shouldn't be presumed to be better in any way. Still, I will try pirating it first, rather than giving Netflix any money beforehand only to find out it's crap.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

Same, I'll watch one every once in a while but in general I much prefer educational content and documentaries.

YouTube is my is DoC :)