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Torrenting really dropped off a cliff when Netflix launched their streaming service, so you can look at pirating as something that appears when the official methods aren’t good enough to be a part of a healthy media distribution market.
It seems like pirating is coming back a bit now there are multiple platforms with limited selection, each increasing their monthly rent while providing less value than ever. To get back to something roughly equivalent to terrestrial TV, you’re talking £40/month with multiple services, rather than £10 with the TV license.
You can move the argument to the ethics of the consumer if you want, but the other side of this intellectual property racket doesn’t exactly have a clear conscience either.
(I’ll pay for things I really want to watch, generally moving around subscriptions between services, but I’ll never use Amazon, so download anything only shown on that)
(Slight edit for clarity)
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I am fascinated by the arguments of “I don’t like the film industry model/its pricing structure/ distribution methods so I won’t pay”. Or as long as some people pay it’s ok for me not to etc.
Just wait a few years and the movie will be on terrestrial free to view services anyway. But entitled impatience means I need to watch it for free, now!
I don’t agree with the cost of bikes, the spec variations, confusing pricing etc, so I’ll just steal one instead.