Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users' info.
  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
    95·
    9 months ago

    Do we really have to go through this shit again? As long as you refuse to make watching movies convenient and reasonably priced, people will pirate. You were already so close, but then you got greedy and fucked it all up again so here we are.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
      58·
      9 months ago

      They really had achieved the dream. They made a streaming account affordable and more convenient than pirating, so they had tons of customers, with piracy a long lost pastime for people like me. Then they got greedy like you said, and annoying, and many of us dusted off our sailing gear.

      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
        27·
        9 months ago

        While streaming services have been undergoing enshittification, the tools for piracy have been getting more convenient too.

        • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
          11·
          9 months ago

          The arrs are amazing. I had been out for a while. It’s more fun than streaming. Random stuff shows up that I wasn’t expecting when it downloads a new show or moviess that I like.

    • spider@lemmy.nz
      16·
      9 months ago

      but then you got greedy and fucked it all up again

      They can’t help it; it’s in their DNA.

  • MrFappy@lemmy.world
    553·
    9 months ago

    These companies are just mad that their movies sucked and didn’t make any money, so they’re saying they’re losing profit from piracy… what profit?!?! No one wants to watch Hellboy 2019 for free, much less put in the time and effort to pirate that garbage. And if they are, then I feel like having to watch any fragment of that movie is punishment enough.

    • VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 months ago

      Honestly, I don’t see a problem with pirating a movie that came out 5+ years ago. After a movie has left cinemas and can only be seen via DVD/blueray are the studios really making much money back from those? They’re definitely not making any money on DVDs/bluerays bought from secondhand stores.

      • space@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        9 months ago

        And why the hell would I buy a region locked Blu-ray, and be forced to watch through those FBI piracy screens?

    • Brad BoimlerEnglish
      92·
      9 months ago

      I agree watched that movie one time i would defiantly never buy that movie.

  • spider@lemmy.nz
    36·
    9 months ago

    Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users’ info.

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

  • Rediphile@lemmy.ca
    331·
    9 months ago

    They already know who I am lol. I don’t hide it at all, straight raw dogging it without VPN or anything. Thankfully they can’t do anything because they would lose money pursuing me.