Streaming was supposed to stop piracy. Now it is easier than ever

cccc@aussie.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 3 points –
Streaming was supposed to stop piracy. Now it is easier than ever
theguardian.com

Slightly older (2021) article I found while searching for this place. It pretty much says what we’ve all been saying.

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The streaming industry had a couple of benefits, being convenience for an acceptable price. Corporate greed pushed these streaming services to lower convenience and increase the price and they expected people to just eat it. I don't mind paying for good products that I regularly use, but the price has to be acceptable. This doesn't however justify piracy, but it is one possible way forward.

It'll go back down when every company and their dog stops trying to have their own $15 sub service.

So it won't happen.

But I do miss the days of it just being Netflix Amazon and Hulu.