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What's up with people on the piracy subreddit always talking about how they pay for stuff. your on a piracy community and they talk about purchasing digital goods? I don't get it. New piracy gen ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mind paying for things when the value proposition is there. Just in entertainment, the prices get skewed way outside value.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Here's a supporting example; my son wants to see Blue Beetle. I checked it out, and the rental is $20 - for a streamed "right to view" which means there is zero marginal cost for them to produce, track, or retrieve it. Even with recent inflation, you can get a restaurant meal for that.