Re: The era of freeloading is officially over

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024, Blueshirt wrote:

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On Mon, 12 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:
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The era of freeloading is officially over
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Cracking down on sharing was hugely successful for Netflix.
For years, the streaming giant turned a blind eye to
password sharing because doing so allowed more people to
experience the product and, crucially, come to rely on it.
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Costco and Disney this month took a page from the Netflix
playbook and announced they are cracking down on account
sharers.

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Very interesting! Will people turn to piracy once more? I have
never had a streaming account and I am aboslutely amazed that
torrent and yt-dlp (for pulling content off youtube) works as
well as they do.

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I'm on Usenet and that works very well! No need for password
sharing at all. ;-)

Wow... are binaries on usenet still a thing?

I'd rather pay a Usenet service than the likes of Disney or
Netflix for TV shows... Amazon are different as you get free
postage with Prime so that service pays for itself!

Not in europe. In europe amazon are always very close to breaking against GDPR, so I'm just waiting for them to be slapped with a nice billion dollar (or euro) fine. Also, their service in europe is horrible.
When ever I can I use a swedish copycat or go to a physical local bookstore.

I also feel very sad about the people who sit with 2, 3 or 4
streaming services paying enormous amounts, due to the fact
that they do not know how to get the content for free.

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Well, I think they are idiots, but it is their money... so they
can waste it on streaming TV shows and movies if that's what
they want to do.
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I do not feel sad about people who think that the law is the
law and go to bed feeling proud of themselves for paying for 3
or 4 streaming services.

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Well, until Judge Dredd turns up and says "I Am The Law" and
then blows you away for downloading stuff I think I'll carry
on...

True! ;)