Maybe instead of spending more on lawyers, just consolidate the streaming services again so they're more attractive than piracy?
Fuck that, let me buy DRM-free movies. We can do it for music, books and games. Movies and TV shows are next.
I'd spend a lot more money on TV and movies if I could get them without DRM and in high quality. No question. Both in streaming and in disc form.
Same with games while we're at it, there are games I got for free that I would rather pirate so it doesn't have the DRM than download and install the copy I have legal access to
DVDs and Blurays are still pretty common. They're not actually DRM-free, but DVD DRM is completely broken and BR decryption keys seem to be easily obtained. And you can rip the disc if you want to make a digital copy.
Their days are numbered though as companies like Best Buy won't carry them anymore.
They have DRM, even if easy to go around it, it doesn't make sense to pay loads for a shitty medium with obstacles to getting what's on it… it sends the wrong message to the criminal organisations peddling them.
No, offering them more money to remove those obstacles sends the wrong message. It would literally save them money to leave it out, so in what world would that entitle them to more of your money or mine?
... well shit. Anyone know how I can link a comment in an instance-agnostic way? Ridiculous that while all three of those links go to the same comment, the commenter I'm replying to can only really interact with one of them ... and why the hell does user tagging seem to be broken? I had to manually create that link.
That might explain some insane replies I've seen in the past.
AFAIK there's still no way to dynamically link to posts or comments on Lemmy. :( You can only link communities or users.
Anyway, totally agree. Being technically able to bypass DRM doesn't make it okay. I'm honestly not sure how to rip a Blu-ray on Linux anyway. I haven't looked into it in years so maybe it's easier now than I remember.
But you're not thinking of the CEO's next yacht! Or the shareholders!
I feel like that's the opposite of what we want. Perhaps a storefront where one could choose what they want from different providers for a reasonable price would be good, but consolidation leads to *opolies, which are never good for consumers.
Wasn't Netflix basically that? One store front for films and TV shows produced by different companies. Pay a flat monthly fee and get access to the libraries from every production company.
That was pre-enshittification. We are far beyond that point now.
I think that will work wonders!! We love convenience and fair pricing and people are willing to pay for a good service.
Aren’t Disney+ and Hulu about to merge?
Disney+ plans to keep absorbing competitors until they aquire one that knows how to write a working mobile app.
Maybe instead of spending more on lawyers, just consolidate the streaming services again so they're more attractive than piracy?
Fuck that, let me buy DRM-free movies. We can do it for music, books and games. Movies and TV shows are next.
I'd spend a lot more money on TV and movies if I could get them without DRM and in high quality. No question. Both in streaming and in disc form.
Same with games while we're at it, there are games I got for free that I would rather pirate so it doesn't have the DRM than download and install the copy I have legal access to
DVDs and Blurays are still pretty common. They're not actually DRM-free, but DVD DRM is completely broken and BR decryption keys seem to be easily obtained. And you can rip the disc if you want to make a digital copy.
Their days are numbered though as companies like Best Buy won't carry them anymore.
They have DRM, even if easy to go around it, it doesn't make sense to pay loads for a shitty medium with obstacles to getting what's on it… it sends the wrong message to the criminal organisations peddling them.
No, offering them more money to remove those obstacles sends the wrong message. It would literally save them money to leave it out, so in what world would that entitle them to more of your money or mine?
That's what I wrote.
Looks like you and I both meant to respond to this other comment by @GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org : https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/9293054 https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/9620373
https://jlai.lu/comment/6487794
... well shit. Anyone know how I can link a comment in an instance-agnostic way? Ridiculous that while all three of those links go to the same comment, the commenter I'm replying to can only really interact with one of them ... and why the hell does user tagging seem to be broken? I had to manually create that link.
That might explain some insane replies I've seen in the past.
AFAIK there's still no way to dynamically link to posts or comments on Lemmy. :( You can only link communities or users.
Anyway, totally agree. Being technically able to bypass DRM doesn't make it okay. I'm honestly not sure how to rip a Blu-ray on Linux anyway. I haven't looked into it in years so maybe it's easier now than I remember.
But you're not thinking of the CEO's next yacht! Or the shareholders!
I feel like that's the opposite of what we want. Perhaps a storefront where one could choose what they want from different providers for a reasonable price would be good, but consolidation leads to *opolies, which are never good for consumers.
Wasn't Netflix basically that? One store front for films and TV shows produced by different companies. Pay a flat monthly fee and get access to the libraries from every production company.
That was pre-enshittification. We are far beyond that point now.
I think that will work wonders!! We love convenience and fair pricing and people are willing to pay for a good service.
Aren’t Disney+ and Hulu about to merge?
Disney+ plans to keep absorbing competitors until they aquire one that knows how to write a working mobile app.