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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. (www.thedailybeast.com)
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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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[–] jrest18n 98 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yup.

I basically don’t pirate music because streaming is convenient.

I generally don’t pirate games because steam and GOG is convenient. (Sometimes if I’m not sure ill enjoy it I’ll pirate as a no limit trail then buy or drop).

I generally have to with movies and shows. Even though I have access to several streaming platforms though stuff like T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. it’s too annoying to jump around a bunch of apps and the quality is bad compared to the UHD rips of stuff

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

the quality is bad compared to the UHD rips of stuff

This is why I pirate Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I have a subscription to pretty much every streaming service in my country (Netflix, prime video, HBO max, apple TV, Sky showtime, etc. ) but Sky only has SNW in 1080p SDR. I can download it in 4k HDR. I don’t feel one bit guilty about it, I pay for the damn service that offers it. Just not in an acceptable picture quality.

[–] veng 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not just quality compared with UHD rips, it's things like prime video refusing to play anything except 480p on a web browser.... WTF are they thinking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t use if on a browser, but even on my Shield Pro it’s not great. Prime Video seems to use a very low bitrate, there’s lots of compression artifacts, even on the 4k streams.

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

It's just more enshittification. If they can get away with smaller files, they absolutely will.

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