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Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy (www.theguardian.com)
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According to London‑based piracy monitoring and content‑protection firm MUSO, unlicensed streaming is the predominant source of TV and film piracy, accounting for 96% in 2023. Piracy reached a low in 2020, with 130bn website visits. But by 2024 that number had risen to 216bn. In Sweden, 25% of people surveyed reported pirating in 2024, a trend mostly driven by those aged 15 to 24. Piracy is back, just sailing under a different flag.

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[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

It's ok, this is how capitalism works. When there's less demand then they'll have to drop prices. If your product isn't competitive enough then you'll have to find efficiencies and innovate. Those who can't improve deserve to die.... As capitalism deems fit.

What's that you say? Blame the customers instead? Keep raising prices and decreasing content? removed please.

Edit: swearing is censored here? WTF

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 hours ago

This reminds me of the old pre-internet joke about a little girl with a lemonade stand. The sign reads..."Cup of Lemonade $1,000.00". A passerby says to the little girl..."You won't sell much lemonade at that price" and the little girl says..."That's all right, I only need to sell one!".

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 11 points 3 hours ago

Death by a thousand (financial) cuts.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 hours ago

Sail the high seas.