Looking at the world rn, I dont think things have a tendency to get better on their own. In a decade or two people won't even believe we lived in the wild west era of internet where you could just get stuff for free without a subscription, online connection or drm.

[–] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When people run out of money to pay for a billion subscriptions, companies will have to think hard about their business model. I don't think the current trend can last forever.

Look at the fragmentation of streaming services. Piracy is on the rise again because of it.

[–] Kaldo@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

That's why I said gaming piracy before, I don't think denuvo can protect media files (yet) and those are less likely to be malware or cryptominers anyway. So I think that aspect is safe for now at least, but rip gaming.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Sure on the rise maybe in this small circle but it has declined alot from its peak.

[–] DudePluto@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking at the world rn, I dont think things have a tendency to get better on their own

This is called a recency bias (I think lol) - you're looking at the world rn and assuming its trends must continue. When you look at history you see that there are ebbs and flows, and that stasis is rare. If you focus on certain things, you may certainly decide we're in a downtrend. There will always be an uptrend afterward. And vice versa

[–] Kaldo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's way too big of a generalization. The fact is that technology advances and makes other technology obsolete, and the pirates are dwindling while DRM companies are getting more and more money to fix the issue. It is not going to just magically reverse at one point. If anything the people are just going to get more accustomed to it like they have already with copyright laws, subscription services and simply not owning anything digital anymore.

The second thing you're not addressing is how long the "ebb and flow" takes anyway, if gaming piracy has a resurgence in 50 years then I don't think I'm gonna care much about it by then lol. Blizzard games aren't getting cracked anymore and by the time they do, if ever, I'm not going to care about them.

[–] DudePluto@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact is that technology advances and makes other technology obsolete,

Yeah, it happens on both sides, it's an arms race. It will swing the other way eventually - it always has and always will

The second thing you're not addressing is how long the "ebb and flow" takes anyway

That was intentional. There's no estimating a timeline, but with the development of technology it's not unreasonable to expect a reversal even in a decade. Anyway, if you're trying to ward off doomerism you're not going to do it by only looking at what you stand to gain