Internet Piracy Is Booming. Streaming Sites Are to Blame.
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Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

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.

  • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    11 months ago

    All this hasn’t forced me into piracy.

    It’s worse than that.

    It’s forced me to stop caring about shows or movies entirely.

    • crackajack@reddthat.comEnglish
      261·
      11 months ago

      My coworkers talk about various TV shows and movies. I may not be able to keep up with the shows and miss out on the discussions, but fuck FOMO.

      • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        11 months ago

        There’s been almost no movies that have come out that I’ve really cared about, nor.most of my friends.

        I’ve found TV shows to be somewhat more compelling. But it’s been really hard to decide what to try to get into (limited time, partly).

        But also the shared element isn’t there like it used to be. There’s just so MUCH stuff to watch, finding people to talk to about the stuff is harder than it used to be. That’s good in the sense of having choice, but worse in having the entertainment provide a connection to people and talk about. Which was always one of my motivators to watch stuff.

        Plus games and YouTube and other things competing, and fragmentation of where stuff is, and corporate plbullshit turning me off, I just care less about long form shows being put out.

        But people are definitely still watching tons and tons of shit. “Consuming” and “binging” is bigger than ever. I guess it’s just not us so much.

        • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          More stuff is switching to weekly rollouts and I end up not watching at all because of that.

          There’s nothing wider than binging a show then getting the last episode 2 weeks later.

          • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            5·
            11 months ago

            Binging shows is one of the reasons why we live in the entertainment hellscape that we have. When everything is instant gratification, it means less and it’s less enjoyable. Wait a week for the next episode creates excitement and ultimately more joy over the several year period it’ll take you to finish watching the show. The same goes for people. You’re more likely to have fond feelings for the person you’ve known all your life rather than the person you sat next to on the bus for a couple hours.

      • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I honestly haven’t heard a coworker mention a TV show since White Lotus last January. Not a single show.

        I’ve talked about a couple with friends: Scott Pilgrim, The Last of Us, House of Usher, but generally I brought it up and really 2023 was not a very memorable year for TV shows.

        • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          TLOU was pretty good, although there’s literally nothing to talk about given how directly faithful it is to the game.

    • McDropout@lemmy.worldEnglish
      201·
      11 months ago

      Yes me too, I find myself watching movies less and less.

      I find myself buying real books, ebooks online and buying vinyls.

      I still stream music though, but the thing is, most music that could be found on Spotify, could be found on Apple Music or Deezer.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        20·
        11 months ago

        most music that could be found on Spotify, could be found on Apple Music or Deezer.

        As it should be. Compete witg additional features not with exclusivity.

        Epic tries to do the same with Steam trying to strongarm the gaming community with free games.
        And yet the users will still pay on Steam.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        That’s odd. I find myself unable to keep up with all the movies I want to see. You should check out the Criterion collection.

    • Nommer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Same. I gave up on star wars after glub shitto was given to fake Luke at the end of that series. Just haven’t been able to care about the flood of B tier content after. Same with marvel after end game. There’s like 6 half assed shows and 8 movies or something now. It’s just too much filler and there’s no way I’m paying 3 or 4 services for mediocre content. I pirated everything in my early 20s and this feels like going back to the old times when the Internet was better. The nostalgia alone is making me happy to pirate again.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I am most definitely far more passive in my consumption than before. YouTube is actually where most of my media comes from now. Then my colleagues are always on about the Masked Singer or whatever is going on. I managed to make it through maybe 2 episodes before it made me sick.

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Other than A24, aint nothing really worth watching these days. Which is great, because I have a backlog of great movies and TV backed up that I’m going to spend the next couple decades crushing.

    • mrchampion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I was sort of like this before, not really caring too much about most movies or TV shows, but that was just because I had higher standards to what I would be willing to take the time to watch. When I did find something I thought was worth my time, like for instance Full Metal Alchemist (yes I know it’s an anime, it still counts as a TV show imo. Also it’s great, I definitely recommend watching it). The general decrease in quality and increase in quantity of shows and movies just made me stop caring to watch really anything; why take a chance with a likely shitty show or movie when I can get much more fun out of playing video games? I know there’s likely some “hidden gem” kind of show that nobody really talks about because it’s hidden away in all the crappy shows, so I usually only decide to watch something if I’ve heard good things about it more than once. Even then, I may still not watch it, like for instance One Piece, which I’ve heard is incredibly long.

      • u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Hi, One Piece fan here. Yes, it’s really long and really intimidating to start. I haven’t watch most of the anime too, and never recomment others to watch it. I’m solely reading the manga (and live action).

        I suggest waiting for the netflix anime readaptation that’s in production now. Logically, it should have better pace and much less filler than the first anime. It’s gonna be way easier to pick up than the first anime with its thousand episodes.

        • mrchampion@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          I suggest waiting for the netflix anime readaptation that’s in production now. Logically, it should have better pace and much less filler than the first anime.

          I mean, it IS Netflix, so it shouldn’t be presumed to be better in any way. Still, I will try pirating it first, rather than giving Netflix any money beforehand only to find out it’s crap.

    • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Same, I’ll watch one every once in a while but in general I much prefer educational content and documentaries.

      YouTube is my is DoC :)