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[–] negativenull 109 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Oldie but goodie:

We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem, - Gabe Newell

[–] eager_eagle 19 points 1 month ago

He gets it. No wonder why I pay for every game I play, but I refuse to sign up to streaming services again.

If I can get better quality in almost every aspect for free, your service is really crappy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HollowNaught 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know about you, but I'd be willing to pay a lot of money for a streaming service that guaranteed a good amount of shows I'd want to watch without ever taking any shows or features away

Sadly, no streaming service does this basic feature. It's all enshitification and fragmentation of good shows across multiple services

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yup, Stremio + realdebrid + VPN is utterly unmatched for service, plus you get fast torrents for everything else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure it can be both. If there's AmazingService that allows streaming everything there is on torrent and then some, but it costs thousands of dollars per month, no one would be able to afford it and it won't have any meaningful impact on piracy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

But but but rational actors supply and demand something something invisible hand of the market.

Orthodox economics can't be wrong. That's why you have an orthodoxy, to make sure everybody knows it's right! That's how science works!