this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This. This. This. Giving back to the creators is the only morally justified piracy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Except if it's an Apple TV show. They're losing billions on the service, which they can afford due to their $160 billion cash reserves.

They'll keep doing this until their less well-funded competition dies, then they'll suddenly discover that they need to make a profit after all, and the enshittification will begin.