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There's another one: access to media while in poverty
Access to culture itself if you think about it
fuckin well said.
This is basically why I do it. I can’t afford streaming services, especially since you need multiple these days. I used to just use Netflix back when it was a good option. It was cheap and good enough to be worth it.
If I didn’t pirate it, I wouldn’t be able to consume it at all at this point, it’s that simple.
But despite my own self being in poverty, most of the people I know are not, so by talking to them about the media I watched free, and getting them to consume it as well, it increases the chances of the company profiting anyway. Just not off me.
These companies think they are losing out on money due to piracy, but they aren’t. They just assume we’d all pay for it if we didn’t have a choice. They don’t seem to realize sometimes it’s about not being able to pay, not just not wanting to pay. There’s no additional money to be had from a lot of us.
I just listened to the Pirate Bay episode of Darknet Diaries, and I had never considered this. I couldn’t agree more.