am i the only one that's confused about what he's gatekeeping? I've been looking at this post for about 5 minutes now, and i literally cannot figure it out
I'm not looking to be the same. I'm not looking to be anything. Just discovering (and so far) enjoying the alternative I wish I knew about a long time ago.
Thanks for the warm welcome! /s
Its the same issue. While wining about all the profitable 3rd party apps, Reddit killed off all the non-profit open source 3rd party apps without user tracking as well.
The nice thing about pirates is that they keep the cost of media down. The streaming services we have today wouldn't exist if not for all the rampant piracy of the 90s and 2000s.
Piracy is going to cost streaming media over $100BN over the next few years. It’s great to move goalposts when it makes you feel better about what you do- but…
Sooner or later, someone is going to need them back where they’re supposed to be so they can align better with reality.
Enjoy buying things tied to an online account which the platform can arbitrary ban at anytime with no legal recourse. When corporations fuck with paying customers, that's what they get. Why would anyone want to pay for something when the experience for paying is worse than if you just pirated? (rhetorical question, please don't answer)
That’s quite an anecdotal pile of verbal nonsense there bud. I’m guessing you’re bitter about a very specific company’s ways of releasing their product?
Hers some helpful advice: If you don’t like who makes it- don’t buy it. It works wonders for me.
Do you understand that piracy has caused a majority of the problems we face with digital media nowadays, the least being rising costs. (Rhetorical question, please don’t answer)