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Platforms wonder why piracy is spiking (7news.com.au)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking

Netflix & all these streaming platforms have completely lost touch & they will lose more customers in the long run

To quote Gabe Newell on Piracy

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Rotten Tomatoes will usually say where it's streaming. Or a quick Google search of "(TV show) where streaming" will get you there. At least it used to, Google is shit these days so who knows.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Justwatch.com is my go to

Cerement linked it in their comment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

JustWatch also has direct links to IMBD in their descriptions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Yes. I use it as my first step for sailing. See if it’s on a service I have then grab the imdb identifier if it’s not. Very handy if you sail old school manually like I do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Depends on the country though as well. Its probably pretty easy to figure out for big ones like the USA, but in smaller countries its often a mess...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That info can go stale quickly as content licensing changes. I've ran into that plenty.