200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.
200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.
Legally, it is not, but I get your sentiment.
I would like to say piracy against the big guy also hurts the little guy making the content you like.
I am all for pirating that scientific journal and that college book but there is a reason writers, artists, and the people making a shit amount of money for the work they put into the things we love.
I won’t support something that hurts a regular person giving me the things I like to watch, but I get your sentiment.
It’s because their contracts are exploitive, not because of piracy. Piracy is almost always done by someone who wouldn’t have paid (Whether because of lack of ability or choice) anyway. A large majority of people pirating can’t afford the content (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), can’t get it legally (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), wouldn’t have bought it anyway out of principle (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), or (Mostly in the case of games) they’re trying it out to see if it’s worth it.
This idea that everyone that pirates could and would buy it if pirating wasn’t an option is completely false. Most of them just wouldn’t consume the content if pirating wasn’t an option.