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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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[–] [email protected] 86 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Netflix did stop me from pirating for several years until it went to shit. Once the other companies started rolling out their own streaming services and pulling their content off Netflix I went back to piracy. It's way easier to manage one VPN subscription than try to keep track of a bunch of streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I still have more subs for these than I would like, but I generally download anything I actually want to watch anyway. Like, the fact that justwatch.com even exists is an indictment of the way this works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I am still convinced that they eventually give up and license their content back to Netflix for a nice passive income. We'll get back to those days.