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.world
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    969 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.

    • @McDropout@lemmy.world
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      129 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.

      • @TheFonz@lemmy.world
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        19 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.

    • @stoly@lemmy.world
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      9 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.

    • @mrchampion@lemmy.world
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      19 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.