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What does a post-piracy world look like? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I believe we're approaching the final 3-5 years of prevalent piracy for several reasons:

Software: The difficulty of cracking and modifying software has significantly increased.
Movies and TV Shows: Numerous streaming sites have been shut down or faced legal penalties.
Adult Content: New releases are often removed within 1-5 weeks, and many older titles are no longer available on piracy platforms.

Given these trends, what might a post-piracy world entail?

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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

If video streaming worked the way music streaming does, that would be a major blow to piracy for sure.

If I had to have Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and Apple Music in order to listen to everything I want to listen to, I would subscribe to none of them and pirate all my music. Fortunately, most of these services have the same core catalog, the major difference between them is UX and extra features. You just choose the one you like and you're set.

No such luck with video streaming services which have nearly no overlap.