Why Piracy Will NEVER DIE

[@Mekalor]

"This content is not available in your region" =Is the same as saying= "We don't want your money". If you don't want my money, you shouldn't mind if I watch it for free then :)

[@blackhawk4ful]

i had a similar scenario with comic books, i wanted to read the comics of cassandra cain (one of the batgirls of the early 2000's) DC made a regular series of her in 2001 but it was never sold in my country or anyother than in US or Canada (i live in Argentina, am also pretty sure it was never translated to other languages aside from english) the only way i was able to read it was by pirated scans of the books that where also translated by fans, therefore when Warner/DC cries about how no one today reads comics i remember this experience and told them to go suck it.

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

Blackouts for sporting events is exactly the same as well. Pay to stream legally and can't, might as well do it illegally.

[@SirDella]

@@blackhawk4ful Que onda no me esperaba encontrar otro argento por acá

[@blackhawk4ful]

@@SirDella estamos en todas partes guachin

[@SirDella]

@@blackhawk4ful sapeee

[@Puggy42069]

“If the company doesn’t care about the consumer, the consumer shouldn’t care about the company.”

[@angellaraprado3659]

True

[@renav2100]

You are spitting straight facts.

[@icemine2418]

yea

[@chidiibie8749]

@hi there cough cough apple fanboys cough cough

[@TheElectreKid]

F A C T S

[@jjj0309]

And MUST never die. It's practically the only way to preserve dead video games and movies that aren't digitally selling today.

[@goose2574]

That’s true

[@ZaLewdWarudo]

Literally wanted to play Driver San Francisco again, lost my physical copy and wouldn't you know, its now delisted from any and all digital sources. Yeah, sure as fuck torrented it.

[@knightriderultimate]

Driver: San Francisco?

[@evgenyreshetnikov3483]

@@ZaLewdWarudo better get your subway gift card ready for it

[@bespeckledcephelapod2265]

Didnt expect to see some fellow Nick viewers in here!

[@charlespratt8663]

When companies stop acting like robbers, customers stop acting like pirates.

[@User09421]

EXACTLY !

[@playerpogg]

man, ma place where I live in a nintendo console is around 1000-5000 (from wii/the ds' to nintendo switch) it's so damn expensive and I'm not even counting the outher consoles but for an example: I never played in a nintendo console neither a nintendo game (only mario world or mario 64 in an emulator or something)

[@prcr364]

@@playerpogg Nice dead cells pfp, and what currency is that? Or what country are you from?

[@playerpogg]

@@prcr364 tysm It's brazilian real btw

[@prcr364]

@@playerpogg Np, and 1000 Brazil is like 176 USD. The switch is 300 in America, so adjusted price should be 1702.91 Brazilian dollars. What’s the *actual* price?

[@zPtrck]

Fun fact piracy saves old games/movies on becoming extinct.

[@bayzed]

Facts

[@evil7011]

And new games too

[@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII]

evil701 hahahahahaha was that a subtle roast

[@GuyFromJupiter]

Until now at least. Thanks Nintendo! 🖕

[@zyleerelis9804]

Yeah, ya spittin' facts

[@sylvie9949]

Don't forget region locked titles.

[@FeliNokasin]

This. The Netflix US catalog is a lot larger than the rest of the world and we still have to pay the same price.

[@cyberdrizzt]

This has to be one of the top reasons

[@BestOfGermany67]

yeah, half the crunchyroll catalog in germany is locked.

[@pgt915]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... my worst nightmare

[@1kuhny]

Just VPN to correct country

[@benw543]

Geoblocking encourages piracy as well by spreading shows to different networks and streaming platforms.

[@superharryboy]

I understand why geoblocking is a thing, yet I still find it stupid. It's just giving a reason to piracy.

[@realcartoongirl]

Pirate sites offer more content than legit sites and its free

[@nthn-]

@@realcartoongirl that's the point, but it is also illegal

[@GR3YS0RG4N1CS]

@@nthn- not necessarily, streaming copyright material for free isn't technically illegal in America, downloading on the other hand is.

[@Braskus]

A good example of this is 'MotorTrendOnDemand'. Which i sub to for the original stuff anyway. But it constantly advertises all sorts of other stuff i would like to watch.. But i can't because somebody in my country has a licensing deal for it.. sooo it gets blocked.. Usually it seems to be discovery.. Which is funny since discovery also hosts some of their original content to.. lol

[@kaykovuskerteus90]

To all heroes out there who cracks games. Thank you!!!

[@darshdubey9690]

The saviours are here

[@ronibosh6381]

yep God bless

[@user-vg5zx4lx8m]

Yeah I’m not paying $60 for a buggy unfinished mess

[@SaltGoldman]

@@user-vg5zx4lx8m cyber puke be like :

[@yeyenyeyen6881]

I mean, they're hero to me, just imagine how it feels to pay a price that is same as your life cost for a month.

[@legendarymuramasa2247]

Without piracy, my childhood will be missing 75% of what I enjoyed

[@lukaimedashvili270]

Could be all my childhood. Because, although i had a playstation 1 and my parents paid for its games, thr cd's were cheap here, because they were pirated copies.

[@legendarymuramasa2247]

@@Aecor Nah I dont spend my money in games lol why buy when you can get it for free

[@legendarymuramasa2247]

@@Aecor Yet I have promised myself to donate to the Indie Game Companies, in the future when I now have stable income, so its like a long term debt. But for AAA games im just going to buy the game Goodluck on your game developing tho

[@legendarymuramasa2247]

But for now ill just try to get it for free and dont spend my money on games

[@emoronez]

100% my brother

[@mecha-sheep7674]

I recently pirated a software that was bought legitimely at my workplace. But so heaviliy bugged that only by pirating it was I able to use it. And guess what made it so unusable and unreliable in a pro environnement ? Anti-piracy measures.

[@bustergundo516]

Wow

[@sharl_leg]

@@bustergundo516 DRM slows down games,A LOT

[@bustergundo516]

@@sharl_leg I am not surprised at all. I sail the seas myself for games.

[@bustergundo516]

@387534 7582782 nice.

[@jonathanbaker247]

Word of advise, pirate music, movies and books only since they are only for entertainment. If you need a software for work, you better get the real thing.

[@exeterra4825]

Piracy is literally the only thing keeping monolithic companies from controlling all of our entertainment and holding all of us within their grasp

[@nickn2794]

Wow, never thought about it. Personally I think that if the quality of artistic content (music, movies etc) is high, people will buy the legal version too because they are fans and want the vinyl, the blu ray dvd, they want to collect because they care and piracy is a wonderful tool for underground artist. I discovered my fav bands and movies because someone uploaded their content illegally on youtube (when it didn't have the ads). I you make a wonderful videogame, people will want the collectors' edition. But they won't pay 70 bucks for a game they don't know they will like or they don't know if their pc will run it. Of course if you are an artist that makes stupid hit songs, movies and games etc, people won't really get affectionate and they won't waste money on that. In fact because of piracy the music industry so concentrated on money rather than quality was failing in 2008 before Spotify. For arts, I think piracy is the best thing ever.

[@nickn2794]

@Matthew Henry wow, you must be the intellectual one in the company. My "novel" would be just 10 lines in Word. Anyway you're not forced to read it so I don't see the problem. You can go back to minecraft videos.

[@elliottdennis2014]

nick n you could make the case that streaming services encourage low quality content to be created though, since they’re so accessible and cheap that even the trash makes money. The sense of ownership and coveting is completely gone with streamed content unlike collectors addition games or vinyl too. But I agree with you fully that piracy increases competition with then in turn increases the quality of the content.

[@diegovelazquez9461]

exeterra they don’t have a right to entertain you. They do it because it’s profitable. And they have to pay millions of dollars to produce that content so you have no right to consume it

[@Shakirprimez]

Genius you really are.

[@rr.studios]

"You wouldn't download a car" CG Artists: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@luquedev]

Lmao

[@SavagePatch115]

Well played

[@WirxawTanev]

Car manufacturers: "But you would download a speed unlocker, better steering and seat heating".

[@KalanaNethsara]

@@WirxawTanev don't worry abt that i'd model them myself lmao

[@stevenorrington473]

Given the chance, I absolutely would download a car.

[@GhadyKhalil]

Shiver me timbers! Corporate greed is what keeps pirates going ! Who would've thunk

[@ernies8828]

nope. it is those who think everything is free. Socialism/communism is the problem.

[@abhilashduttaroy]

@@ernies8828 lol

[@madthumbs1564]

Some do it right and just place ads like old school TV.

[@andrasadam8256]

@@ernies8828 This has zero to do with communism, and nothing needs to be free. People simply want convenience. Most people don't want to subscribe to tons of streaming services, because they don't care about most of their content, and it is inconvenient to keep switching between them all the time. That is why people choose piracy, because that way there is only one single platform that you need to sign up to, and you can find everything in one single place. The fact that you don't need to pay or you pay less is just the top of the cake. That is why steam used to be an awesome thing. One platform with all the games you can imagine. Now you have to download steam, origin, uplay and epic store, just to cover the basics. That is why people choose piracy, not because of the price. Or at least a pretty big percentage of them.

[@emperorfaiz]

@@ernies8828 Nope. You are dead wrong especially throwing political ideologies that are completely irrelevant with piracy.

[@mikeluna2026]

Without piracy, being poor would mean missing on everything. Everything is pay walled, even education. So I don't think piracy is going anywhere.

[@mhd9166]

In Africa or India saying that you gone a spend 60$ for a 3D game will be a shock, because 60$ or less than that, is what some people make in a month to feed their whole family

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

Because in some place $60 can feed you for 2-3 weeks

[@thetechnocrat6388]

@@Kevin-fj5oe I'm from India and Regional pricing is awesome. Mostly a $15 game is $7 here :).But AAA are $50 on release. I always buy on sale. I try not to pirate. Only pirate old games.

[@HaliOnRepeat]

Lol

[@torrent8446]

@@HaliOnRepeat just get a job loooooool 4Head

[@filereaper]

"In general, we think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem." -Gabe Newell How right you are gaben!

[@ethanstump]

Tbf, it can be both. But yeah it's mostly a function of a-holery on the part of the platforms, whether that be service, or price.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

I love the old image showing the difference between piracy and the "right" way. Wait I found it: i.imgur.com/rXjsjHi.jpg

[@chrisrock1990]

Whats worse is epic is trying to bring this bullshit into the gaming industry by buying exclusives.

[@forestR1]

@@chrisrock1990 there are thousands of games that are only available through steam. Why care so much?

[@alkaline.dreamer]

@@forestR1 Because the games aren't forced into only being available on steam.

[@abhi8178]

Pirate bay taught me that seeders are the best humans in the world. *Sharing is caring ❤️*

[@Connor_312]

Sounds like communist propaganda. But ok

[@Mark_badas]

@@Connor_312 But Capitalist Propaganda is ok? You need both systems for your country to work. Look at Germany and their Social market economy and 4th richest country on the Planet.

[@Tsuchimursu]

It hurts having ratios in hundreds and looking at the number of seeders stay under 5

[@coreydeluna5258]

@@Mark_badas Capitalism has a track record of success while communism does not and that's a fact

[@atherapists3331]

@@coreydeluna5258 and companies are expected to turn into governments by the end of the next decade

[@MvsG18]

Why piracy will never die? -Can't answer now, I'm seeding.

[@weabooslayer7007]

lol frusciante pirate his own songs on soulseek😂

[@swigittyswooty6908]

People who seed their torrent deserved to be respected

[@luisguerreiro8045]

@@swigittyswooty6908 if you want actual good torrents, there's no way not to seed, private trackers will ban you on the spot, only the public trackers have the seeding issue, I've been 10:1 ratio seeding to a private tracker for over a month, anytime I decide to download something, the seeders will top out my maximum speed (30mb/s of download)(That translates to downloading any 4k movie or 30gb game in 20 minutes), it's amazing, on rarbg I consider myself happy anytime a tracker gets 10/15mb/s

[@campkira]

yeah if they can not made a bug free program... people just not paying...

[@makguy1280]

Lol

[@Jay_76]

Multi-billion dollar company: You wouldn't steal a car! Me: No, but I _would_ make a copy of a car.

[@pr9334]

"Hey! Don't copy that jalopy!"

[@michaelxz1305]

that's what they do in China but the quality is not as good - however, it's definitely more affordable

[@fjerez2591]

Michael Xz if you get a pirate game , it performs better than the original version, because you avoid the DRMs , so it would be a faster car

[@udith]

@@michaelxz1305 quality isn't that good? Have you ever gone to China? Also the things they sell legally are have very better quality than other country's ones.

[@udith]

@@fjerez2591 yeah, especially that assassins creed origins! In legit version it runs at 60fps and in cracked it runs at 80 fps

[@unfig3034]

People in developing countries will always pirate due to the difference in buying power and currency exchange to developed countries, as well as availability.

[@durnel2001]

Fay Firdaws Yeah, I hate it when people call me "selfish" for not giving away 1/10 of my salary for ONE piece of media...

[@eggxecution]

I can't afford an application that is cheap for other countries but very expensive when it comes to my country due to the currency difference. That's why I resort to piracy. I have no choice.

[@MrFram]

Thats why steam prices in developing countries are much lower. I'm in Russia and I can buy $60 games for what would be $20. During sales, it gets even better. Considering how widespread piracy is in Russia, and the economic underdevelopment, this is the only way for them to make any money ;) I still pirate movies and series tho, since Netflix and similar services have stupid region locking and don't lower prices for poorer countries

[@ashlabelle]

Exactly.

[@MrFram]

@St. Petersberg China is considered a developing country, and it is more developed than Russia. They have higher average wages, better infrastructure, etc... While Russia may not be 3rd world Africa, but average (monthly) salary being around $600 is very low compared to first world countries (and China), and in some regions the average salary is $300.

[@wrigi5737]

I remember when the dev of hotline miami actually patched the pirated versions of the game and mentioned that he thinks people enjoying the game and being a fan of it is far better than losing money he just wanted people to enjoy the game

[@ripley7910]

chad consumer friendly hotline miami dev vs anti consumer virgin ea/activision/ubisoft dev

[@exeutic]

I actually pirated Both hotline miami's to try it out. Absolutely loved it. I bought both of the games, completed both of them, even bought another copy for my brother. I always pirate games as a trial version (pirating games with no demos only, or too short demos) and if i feel like the 40 bucks is worth it, then i'll buy it. If i like the game, then i will support the devs. Some people just can't buy a game at all. Especially teenagers without credit cards. Most of them, pirate games because if they will ask their parents to buy them Mortal Kombat X for example, then the parents will know it's too brutal. It's a matter of three. Privacy, being broke and inflation in your country is ridicolous, so you have to save money for food. And remeber to never pirate from indie devs. It's pretty rude. Most of indie game prices are low, and those devs probably need the money. Big companies already got Millions of dollars. So be balanced about it, and if you can afford a game you like, just buy it.

[@notyourbusiness7368]

I am the “I’m not paying 200 dollars for photoshop a year” kind of pirate

[@benpowell5682]

I'm the "I refuse to pay OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS (NZD) for Ableton Live" person. It's overpriced as hell, and Vocaloid is just as bad, if not worse. But my VSTs are all legit, and they cost me a lot of money.

[@joshuaedward1748]

I want adobe to go back to CS days. Pay once, own it forever. None of these subscription crap where you pay for lots of adobe programs even if photoshop is the only program you use.

[@sunflower8227]

i am the "i cant afford games because in my country Dollars costs a lot" kind of pirate

[@egg-iu3fe]

I'm the "I'm not paying 200 bucks for windows 10" kind of pirate

[@sunflower8227]

@@egg-iu3fe wait windows 10 cost 200 dollars???

[@volvodude101]

To beat piracy, one must offer a something better. Fragmentation of services is not something better.

[@DEFkon001]

Good thing this hasn't happened to games.. I only have to worry about Steam, Origin, Ubisoft, GOG, EPIC, That MS game pass thing, My humble Bundle subscription.. and umm.. probably something else I'm forgetting.

[@RR-uc1wb]

DEFkon001 Apple Arcade and Google Stadia incoming.

[@Vitor-fe2ji]

​@@DEFkon001Personally, I buy on Steam and pirate the rest (if possible), but, the digital distribution of games is really different from the video stream service. On one you buy a license for an undetermined amount of time... in the later, you need to feed a constant subscription fee to have access on the content available. Now, the videogame market is trying to implement a subscription model. And to be honest, I don't know if it will stick. The videogame subscription service is already suffering from the same problem the video stream service (too many subscriptions) right out of the gate.

[@ArchieGamez]

Epic Games exclusive lul

[@Blaze6108]

I hate service fragmentation but it's pretty unfair to expect a business to compete with something that is totally free, IMO the natural conclusion of piracy being unopposed would be that eventually pirate services will be better than paying for things in every way (same way that Linux is better than many commercial systems for many things), with the consequence of eliminating revenue for artistic works. In practice all the owners of these services already know that fragmentation will net them less customers between piracy and just loss of interest, but they've probably calculated that the earnings are still better than giving Netflix a cut of everything.

[@R1ku994]

"You wouldn't download a car." I want you to know that I absolutely would, if I could!

[@djagoegei18]

Respecc, bro. Yarrrrrrrr 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@CreeperPookie]

3D Printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@llamathenerd1672]

Everyone who buys DLCs for racing games: "well..."

[@ppad8087]

That line is a parody, the original was "you wouldn't steal a car"

[@jemiebridges3197]

@@ppad8087 I would totally steal "a" car. I just wouldn't leave some poor snuck without a way to work or a grandma to get groceries. But if cars weren't atta he'd to people's lives I'd be grand theft auto on real life.

[@lechungus1832]

The computer shops in my city literally pirates everything lmao

[@flam381]

XD that funny

[@honest__]

Lmao! me too my windows is pirated and photoshop too

[@MiriaJiyuu]

@@honest__ Windows 10 is free to use and never requires an activation.

[@lechungus1832]

@@kikc but the average salary compared to other countries is basically dog shit

[@santana7827]

@@kikc Brazil?

[@ZenataUSA]

I'm surprised he picked this video to *NOT* do an ad for a VPN LOL

[@CarlosIvanFocus]

That would've been perfect.

[@3Rton]

Well all VPN's prohibit ILLEGAL activities through their services in their ToS so... Yeah. Albeit they also have to be aware of how relevant the use case is so who knows.

[@cullbe]

He mentions in a gamers nexus video that the writers don't know who the sponsors are anymore and are kept separate on purpose.

[@philosoaper]

@@3Rton they are obliged to say that of course.. but without that use, they would not have a customer base big enough to survive on

[@CheapBastard1988]

@@3Rton Well PIA doesn't allow illegal activities but they don't keep track of your activities AND they allow P2P data transfers (something Tunnelbear didn't) so they do provide you all the tools you need to not get caught pirating.

[@I_JxR]

Is it on Netflix? Yes -> Great, watch. No -> Well, too bad. Torrent. Watch.

[@EdiUtomoPutra]

I can relate it. Some movies are Region lock, and damn i want legally watch it but hell ya. This things makes me search for not legal way 🤣

[@cryptidproductions3160]

Me but with Prime, Hulu, and Netflix. If they can't be assed to put it on at least ONE of those I'm just going to pirate it.

[@AKPhilly]

@@cryptidproductions3160 that at least makes sense. Expecting everything to be on Netflix is retarded. If it's not on any of the big 3 then yeah it's fair game.

[@unknownLK1]

@@cryptidproductions3160 Hones question: why Hulu?

[@cryptidproductions3160]

@@unknownLK1 They have a lot of anime and western animation that isn't on either Netflix or Prime.

[@Sal1981]

"You wouldn't download a car" In 50 years time, I will and print one with my futuristic 3d printer

[@JesiAsh]

@@michaelxz1305 And I will be knocked-out in Virtual Reality Gaming like a plant.

[@NaudVanDalen]

Hopefully the materials won't cost as much as a used car.

[@baelzaden530]

Might not take that long , we can print out guns and all kinds of stuff right now , so i say it isn't that far into the future where we can print out usable car parts then assemble the thing and drive it off.Give 20 years tops i say.

[@foufoufun]

Could you imagine if people could simply download cars? You'd see thousands of cars just cluttering everything. Traffic is already bad as it is, you'd get quite a weird global crisis since your average person could download a new car every day.

[@The_Horizon]

I bet the FBI is taking note on everyone in the comments admitting to pirate stuff

[@soosplays2306]

stop commenting everywhere

[@Bascanska_Ploca]

Nah

[@phoenixwhiler943]

@Zero Bullet's r/woooooooooooosh

[@artyditu]

Well the fbi can go and fuck itself

[@naturallyweird661]

I am out of their jurisdiction 😂😂😂😂😂 so they can suck it

[@JamesBrown059]

If it's not on Netflix, it's getting pirated. I'm not putting up with multiple apps to watch shit

[@SpicyVibez]

Most accurate sentence in history

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

Agreed

[@Athinira]

Stuff gets pirated even if it's on Netflix

[@animealpha4795]

Hear me out, Netflix in India costs 4 times as much as prime. I have prime, so if it's on Netflix, it's getting pirated.

[@makguy1280]

I don’t have any subscription services nor cable tv and yet I watch everything. Thank God for the digital age.

[@thatguy7155]

"To avoid piracy, things must be affordable" +60 dollars for game +laught in economy with bad exchange rate

[@thatguy7155]

@Vivek Ghosh well I'm not smart in economy so I'm sorry But anyway it's indonesia

[@andrianfinlanda3372]

@@thatguy7155 Are you sure, I'm from indonesia too and i haven't seen outrageous prices for games here ( atleast for steam )

[@Riadurrohman]

@@andrianfinlanda3372 700 ribu game triple AAA Console Sekarang next gen Ps5 jadi 800 ribu cuk Gimana inih

[@andrianfinlanda3372]

@@Riadurrohman Itu normal harganya segitu di luar negeri harganya kan 60 dollar, 60 dollar di rupiah jadi sekitar Rp 800.000

[@Riadurrohman]

@@andrianfinlanda3372 naik lagi 10 dollar Jadi 800 jadi 900 ribu cuk

[@jerrickmarques8777]

"You wouldn't download a car" Ignoring the 1st grader level fallacious argument, trust me, if I could I would.

[@TheARN44]

With modern CAD models and 3D printers you pretty much can

[@julenliantrehe6780]

@@TheARN44 well technically yes but I doubt you'd want to drive a car made out of 3d printer plastic lol.

[@_____._..--_]

Jerrick Marques If only I can, then I download 200 of them and seed back by 5.0 ratio

[@ernies8828]

you are an idiot. you should go do something where you actually know how to think.

[@internetdoggo4839]

@@ernies8828 >you are rarted

[@TriangIe]

I love how the most popular anti-piracy quote since the 90s is “You wouldn’t download a car!” Um, you can speak for yourself but if I could download a car, I would’ve done so a long time ago.

[@dwightschrute4506]

It actually never mentioned “download a car”, it says “you wouldn’t steal a car”

[@boymahina123]

@@dwightschrute4506 That's the joke. It was edited that way because people will download a car if they could.

[@jamelpiclit3062]

​@@dwightschrute4506they would steal a car if they can get out of it unscathed 😅😅🤣

[@magicianslucky602]

@@dwightschrute4506 the car company doesnt scam the consumer they deliver a finished product unlike EA or any AAA games

[@JGuer]

I have been sailing the high seas for years, and that won't change any time soon

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

Yeah, you're probably poor though.

[@golfalcon1]

@@AsukaLangleyS02 I bet you are too

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

@@AsukaLangleyS02 at least we don't waste extra money like you when there is a chance to avoid it.

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

@@vampirethespiderbatgod9740 I like supporting stuff because I can get something out of it like the Cyberpunk 2077 collectors edition. Just because you're poor doing your minimum wage job doesn't mean everyone is a poor loser like you.

[@BioniXdu25]

@@AsukaLangleyS02 Not wasting money on a company that doesn't give anything to the original content creator doesn't mean that people are "poor loser". You lose your money, not us. :)

[@uniqhnd23]

This video so beautifully explains our current situation.

[@indianboy0453]

Somewhat. The other thing that makes piracy more popular is when companies pull bullshit cards related DRM. Netflix and android widevine is an example, along with HDCP shit.

[@user-hj3vq2bc2g]

missed a golden opportunity

[@campkira]

Piracy is not illegal in certain country and you can not make illegal something and people can share... I deal with all legal issue to the point i just used to dealing with it...

[@fariyanahmed5182]

Witcher 3 had no protection and was one of the most pirated games ever. So was GTA Look at them succeed

[@Amir-jn5mo]

GTA V DRM was actually very bad

[@user-ct8ii6ms7c]

Not all companies can make games like that. And if piracy wasnt a thing they would propably be much more successful. Its not a valid point.

[@aelphind4954]

Γιωργος κεφαλονιτης Piracy barely affects sales because people who pirate usually pirate because they can't get it legally (because no money, not available, etc.) and so if they couldn't pirate it they would most likely still not end up buying it. doesn't matter if the developers of that game lose maybe a couple thousand dollars because of piracy the games are still hugely successful and they get tons of money.

[@fariyanahmed5182]

@@aelphind4954 precisely the reason I do it

[@user-ct8ii6ms7c]

@@aelphind4954 Well that what we keep telling to our selfs but its not true. Especially big and anticipated titles, have huge funbase wating for them. If there is not a crack, more and more will buy the game. We can see it in online crack forums. There is a lot of people that if they can wait and get it for free the will prefer it than buying it. Why buy samething for 60 dollars when it has a day one crack? The only thing holding you is your morals. I dont doubt that they are many people that otherwise wouldnt buy the game, but they are aslo a lot that prefer to get it for free, even if they can afford it.

[@remove_marko]

As someone from eastern Europe I have no idea why someone would subscribe to Netflix or other such things when you have torrent sites

[@epikk3000]

exactly

[@Connie_TinuityError]

Because there are so many torrents on said torrent sites that have zero seeds or peers, so you can't download anything. It is as simple as that.

[@SkygirlGamingChannel]

@@Connie_TinuityError And thats where usnet comes to play however that isnt entirly free itself usually.

[@bigduckie5830]

Piracy won't die, because games keep dying. Digital only games keep disappearing from stores, and the only course of action is piracy. Or classic games that you cannot purchase anywhere.

[@gabenewell6540]

I made you comment perfect I was the 69TH L I K E

[@ericstaples7220]

There's so many games now that you don't need to worry about the few missing from the store. Even if you have no life, you're not going to play them all.

[@ericstaples7220]

@Sagaris Unlimited.id Or you can buy a used console. Just like people who want to drive old cars have to buy used ones.

[@ericstaples7220]

@Sagaris Unlimited.id Which game is impossible to find? eBay makes everything easy to find.

[@gab4198]

@@ericstaples7220 Not everywhere, if you live at the US or Canada it may be a lot easier to find an old console and the games on a fine condition so you can actually play the game but it will be hard if you need to fix something, the controlers can break and it will be harder to get another one. Some places like Brazil you will have a hard time playing last gen games, there are basicaly no original ps2 games anywhere and that was the only console some people ever had here and i know it is not even the worst case scenario because there are places even worse for this situation. Also emulators have a lot of features that can give you a better experience, most of the older games i ever played i did with an emulator. It just hurts so much sometimes not being able to do something because you don't have the resources to buy it or didn't live in a time it was easier to get.

[@nikhilpaleti3872]

Why piracy hasn't, won't and hopefully mustn't die: 1) Old games, TV Shows live only this way 2) Students. I can't afford to pay Autodesk 1000$ because I have a 1-credit CAD course, I can't spend 50$ on a game only to hate it. 3) Region Locking. You keep doing it. We keep doing it. 4)OFFLINE! I can't play SO MANY games Offline even if I buy them, but I can play all cracked games at will! Illegal songs? Free offline! Extra point: Money value. In countries like India 50$ is a huge amount even for Upper Middle class while in US a minimum wager can cough up that amount. So when software is priced expensive, many will be forced to pirate it I think Piracy is the only reason companies are still somewhat humane, otherwise EA or someone would ask you to pay a monthly fee to play the game you ALREADY bought. OH FUC*ING WAIT! THEY DO IT! XBox Live Gold/ PS+ anyone?

[@KlezDev]

Autodesk is free for students.. Well I still prefer piracy

[@serzaknightcore5208]

i am not a pro on console, but isn't xbox gold just making some paid game free and some others game cheaper?

[@jeffthegamerboy3476]

Yep, drm is shit. People protested and stopped Microsoft from implementing drm from xbox but at the same time let steam do it. I don't own the games I paid for. Also the fact that there is online only drm on most games or the worst of them all.....denuvo drm.

[@aleph6707]

@@serzaknightcore5208 Both Xbox and Playstation have a paid subscription that is neccessary for many games online portion, then they bundle in some "free" games and "discounts" to make it seem like less of a ripoff

[@missingno2401]

im not paying shit for an outdated textbook

[@elijahhall9085]

“You wouldn’t download a car” Buddy, if I could download a car, you wouldn’t be able to stop me.

[@swampymender4400]

@Just Another Guy you said '' hahaha'' ''i know right?'' ''great comment'' ''bru'' and ''xD'' in the same sentence Need help ?

[@user-qu2xe2xv3e]

Red or blue

[@kebas239]

@@user-qu2xe2xv3e Uh huh, you know what it is. Black and yellow.

[@1appa914]

3d print a lifesize car then lol

[@zio4590]

Some people have actually built a car using a 3D printer

[@SwornSon]

I once met a guy who was completely shocked to discover that you were supposed to pay for downloads.

[@atherapists3331]

I was that guy once Still am

[@goodguywithagun8880]

lol i never paid for any kind of electronic media myself

[@pliniojr95]

That guy was the patient zero of chadness.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Absolute based chad

[@WildinFree.]

My Uncle Doesn’t know he is supposed to pay for the movies. 😂 I learned piracy from him he used to put Searches like “Movie 1 Free download HD 300mb language” i learned from him and now Here i al being a pro pirate

[@josec7256]

"you wouldnt download a car" (guy who 3d printed a lambo laughing)

[@danielanderson9766]

In the future we're be pirating lambo blueprints and 3d printing them

[@RaksoBackwards]

Yeah TPB already has downloadable items for printing

[@infinitecrafterYT]

*BIG BRAIIIIN*

[@MrRobot-0]

The thing is i cant dowload a car.

[@user-nr7yn8co1w]

*yeah baby, its big brain time*

[@pauloazuela8488]

If piracy never existed it's guaranteed that companies would be charging us a lot more. And piracy is good for acquiring aged stuffs virtually that is practically still useful and necessary by someone.

[@user-te9fh8pk3s]

Solid Truth

[@nichsa8984]

@@user-te9fh8pk3s company game: *not stonks*

[@sameermohideen4913]

“This content is not available in your region” My Reason.

[@xaviernewby2846]

@100gg there in lies the problem thats a hassle and more money if they want to be greedy you can just get it for free i love to pay for things instead of pirating but if they are that money hungry they get nothing i will use my free browser to get the product for free elsewhere

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

@100gg using vps to buy region locked content is technically illegal and could result in a ban

[@PRO_OF_MC]

@@user-wk2gi5cp9y you must be fun at parties

[@ToxicSama]

@@PRO_OF_MC in a couple of countries. Using a VPN is illgeal to access blocked content unless you're using it for data protection. So no

[@DacLMK]

This. You have no idea how many things are not available in my country. Spotify is not available ffs.

[@doodlepop6733]

"Piracy of men will never end!" -Blackbeard

[@jovannydiazabad6123]

The dreams of pirates will never end Zehahahahaha!!!

[@sansarshrestha6285]

i didnt even know i was pirating untill i was 13. i thought everyone is doing it.

[@warmike]

everyone is doing it

[@aq8048]

@@warmike I haver never pirated. If everybody pirated a video game the developers couldn't develop it further. example Europa Universalis 4. A game with shit loads of dlc(in total for the game with all dlc 240USD around that). I payed less because of sales. The game probably wouldn't have been 7 years updating(still counting)

[@SteveGamesOnline]

Pasta Crujiente you’re telling me that you’ve payed for something like winrar?

[@alemhalilovic6716]

@@aq8048 Mate i just download another game with that dlc like CK2

[@aq8048]

@@alemhalilovic6716 ??

[@Richi_Boi]

Who would win?: 100$/Month of subscribtions Dat boi sailing the high seas

[@Eagerstriker]

The black flag all the way!!!

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

A pirates life for me!!

[@dunkmaster1564]

Salty doggo, no contest

[@frostin1990]

Currency conversion costs a fucking arm in my country...pirates all the way my Bois....

[@sivyisvaj8054]

Rash B blin pirate win always they want it they just take it. 🤣

[@leafmountain]

This is so on point! Convenience kills piracy, and currently piracy is the more convenient option (or so I've heard).

[@xFluing]

Piracy allows for preservation as well

[@ProjectRizaRiza]

First hand experience?

[@Chewie260]

Yeahhhh, i made an effort not to pirate for the last 5-6 years (since i got a job) and my library balooned to 400 steam games, now i was waiting to get MW5 mercenaries, i was excited. Well seems like piracy is back on the menu, because if the devs dont give a rats ass about my conviniance, i sure as hell dont give a rats ass about them getting money, they can take that up with the managment that decided to go EPIC :). Epic, when ur service is so bad it puts damn piracy back on the menu, arghhhh.

[@paperluigi6132]

My dad was a pirate, but I only realized that years after he died. There's a box filled with movies that he pirated that we keep.

[@coolelectronics1759]

sorry to hear about his passing, but I gues you could say you kept his tresure chest!

[@theideaofevil]

o7 saluting an og

[@boxeswithfoxes]

Same with mine (he passed away too)

[@J03_M4m4]

Same with mine (he's still around tho)

[@lassenikulainen6722]

"You wouldn't download a car" I would download a car twelve out of ten times

[@SGM260190]

Damn right!

[@battyflaps5410]

You wouldn't download a car well i guess thats dirt rally 2 dlc off the charts then lol

[@ravensinger5029]

I'd download a private jet if I could afford the fuel and maint...

[@eitkoml]

Just a car? I would download myself a van, pickup truck, dirtbike and motorcycle. I would do no maintenance them and download new ones when they break down.

[@eitkoml]

@@ravensinger5029 Would you download fuel?

[@Eric4bz]

Why Piracy will never die? Some reasons: -Overpriced services -Region Locked services -Violations of consumer trust -Overwhelmingly negative reviews -Uncertainty if you could refund it -Epic Games Store Edit: 1500+ likes. Thanks guys! Hope the crews are sailing the digital seas in peace.

[@mohammadaminbagheri2788]

Do you know what's funny epic store banned me because i live in iran and i lost all my games 😐

[@stuiiful]

When I first joined netflix it was still at $8 CAD and i left when it went up to $15.99. It's still cheaper than tv but that's not the point. They started taking too many shows i liked off, the whole reason i got it in the first place

[@jacobhinchliffe6237]

Terrace House

[@gong1616]

@@mohammadaminbagheri2788 That must have been a epic experience . :)

[@dhyanpatel142]

A guy in Japan couldn't watch anime on Netflix. HE IS IN FUCKING JAPAN AND NETFLIX DOESN'T ALLOW IT. HOW TF DOES THAT WORK. He had to just a vpn, did give him an excuse to get sponsored by Nord VPN tho. Just for the rant video.

[@k680B]

"Why Piracy Will NEVER DIE" Because corporations are greedy

[@kolz4ever1980]

No, because nothing beats free. Plus most of the movies and shows now a days are total garbage so that makes subscription services even more worthless.

[@XRubenX]

fuck disney's greedy ass!

[@Maheralwan]

@@kolz4ever1980 Convenience always beats free that's why his youtube colleges went with that out of the box server instead of building one. that's why everyone has netflix etc...

[@kolz4ever1980]

@@Maheralwan and wouldn't it be amazing to see the % of how many of those people are too pc stupid to even know how to find free streaming sites of the same shows? Gullible people like that are always the most profitable.

[@denelson83]

And because the end viewers will always see exclusivity as unfair.

[@yevgeniyvalstion7467]

Without piracy, my adulthood will be missing 100% of what I enjoy.

[@user-xv1vm5xc1f]

and those who want to make money would like to see that.

[@freddyromariovasquezcairo2250]

Here is why I pirate: I'm from a third world country. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@saaaaaapo7944]

Damn right. I don't even have a music streaming service in my country Every time i try to make a Spotify account the app just says frick you

[@sushimshah2896]

@@saaaaaapo7944 Try a VPN, then you can play it normally

[@saaaaaapo7944]

@@sushimshah2896 nah mate, i don't want to pay a vpn subscription just to listen to music, when i can literally download them from youtube. And if i use a free vpn they are probably taking my information

[@jsgv7935]

@@saaaaaapo7944 what country u from (I’m from Sweden)

[@saaaaaapo7944]

@@jsgv7935 I'm from Angola

[@finngeometry7570]

Haha, not pirated uhh “creatively obtained in a low cost way.”

[@JesiAsh]

Yeah! We pay for Internet anyway xD

[@sankhya_0461]

Speech: 100 Charisma: 100

[@torrent8446]

dirty deeds done dirt cheap

[@randombrowser6692]

@@torrent8446 filthy acts done at a reasonable price

[@plasmaphy2512]

μTorrent D4C

[@Mike504]

Today's episode is brought to you by Private Internet Access. Use the internet anonymously.

[@ahmedelbon2755]

Mike epic

[@wobblysauce]

If only.

[@user-hf1ee1hv7p]

I read that as Pirate Internet Access for some reason

[@psedog]

Why doesn't this have more likes? LOL!

[@wotever99ninynine]

lol

[@e_kedi]

Rockstar: You Wouldn't download a car Also Rockstar: in this game you can steal everything!!! *YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE!*

[@nikfighter262]

Yknow if you could maybe 3-D print decent safe cars then YES I WOULD.

[@matteosberna735]

But other players' cars

[@karlobringino8241]

Linus: Why Piracy will never die? Everyone: Aye!

[@turkai43]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@martini1179]

I think you meant to say YARRRRRGH!

[@jchoneandonly]

Piracy will probably be popular for dealing with games who's publishers are acting in anti consumer activity.

[@rahulsar2030]

EA

[@joseluis.colungag]

Luckily EA fixes their issues with very cheap prices. See Battlefront 2. It's 4.50 USD right now.

[@jchoneandonly]

@@rahulsar2030 I was going to say 2k but ok

[@brandongray1059]

+1. I have had to re-learn how to pirate games in order to deal with those publishers. Thankfully, it's pretty darn easy. :)

[@jchoneandonly]

@@brandongray1059 so how would one do that hypothetically? Asking for academic purposes

[@AbdelrahmanRashed]

it's exclusives that's the reason why piracy exists in most industries. and the other reason is high prices.

[@kiararaine3636]

And low income in some parts of the world.

[@zentrobi1548]

And in the past it was the stupid idea of "lets release in the US first then wait 4-6months before releasing it anywhere else" Its basicly anything that seems overly unfair.

[@felixthefox100]

@@kiararaine3636 What do you mean "some" parts of the world, the MAJORITY of the world's population has low income if you look outside the West

[@DvDick]

This. Different companies that deal with media should compete over prices and quality of services, not content that's made by 3rd parties.

[@Donnerwamp]

@@felixthefox100 He means that some parts of the world are rich enough to have a way to access content, but not rich enough to pay for it. And then there's the majority that isn't even rich enough to access thid content.

[@lukedetering4490]

This video is speaking the truth. Most people are perfectly fine obtaining things through legal means as long as it's reasonable. The moment that doesn't happen, piracy will happen more frequently. The RIAA learned that the hard way.

[@tiger.98]

"You wouldn't download a car" *Laughs in Assetto Corsa*

[@Yobleck]

the x2010 makes me giggle so much. That alone was worth the $500 for the htc vive

[@danielsjohnson]

With a big enough 3D printer you *can* download a car lol.

[@emperordonaldtrump1st614]

Giggles in torrent

[@liranpiade4499]

That ad is so stupid. Of course I'd download a car! I wouldn't physically steal a car, but download? Sure! My only concern would be safety, but otherwise - hell yeah I'd download a car.

[@FarrFromPerfect]

@@emperordonaldtrump1st614 g i g g l e - 80% complete, stream available

[@Feared_Punto]

As companies move away from an ownership model towards a pay to access model, the more I'll be pirating. Subscription services are a trap.

[@maxxtheender]

same with games.... usually people like to try out a game before they buy it though.

[@AndreasElf]

True, my only goto gamestore I use nowadays is GoG. If it aint there I don't buy it. But sometimes, just sometimes I feel like a good samaritan and actually buy the game on Steam, Origin, uPlay.....

[@Mr_Trump]

@@maxxtheender I only pirate games without Multiplayer.

[@builder396]

@@Mr_Trump I only pirate really old games that noone really cares about but were childhood gems.

[@Kongolox]

beside there still soooo much stuff that are not available online.. like old movies/shows/games And region lock is still a thing..

[@denelson83]

And Hulu is the absolute poster child for geoblocking, being only available in the US, and most likely permanently at that.

[@peterknutsen3070]

denelson83 I keep hearing about this wonderful thing called Hulu, but it just isn’t available in my country, and seems to have no plans to launch here.

[@denelson83]

@@peterknutsen3070 Because it's pretty much permanently confined to the US. Japan has a service called Hulu too, but it isn't related to the US service at all other than by name.

[@animered1986]

@@peterknutsen3070 VPN would fix that

[@repeatrepeatrepeat]

@@animered1986 the pirate bay would fix that

[@Ash_Mrz1223]

If piracy wasnt real,you would have to pay a monthly subscriptionfee for every game you play piracy is the only thing that makes companies think about consumers. It should not die

[@CCP-Lies]

What the hell you justifying stealing, imagine you just created an indie game for 20$ and no microtransactions and people pirate your game only

[@arrax_s]

@@CCP-Lies yes fuck devs

[@dodgerio3048]

@@CCP-Lies To be fair, you can blame the companies for not releasing their video games out to more countries, and not restricting gamers for region-lock. I guarantee you, without piracy, entertainment industry would be fading into obscurity. Plus, copyright laws are not even implemented in these countries, so that's why many pirated websites will never go away or get taken down, because the owners of these sites are setting up their own servers in countries that barely implement any copyright and piracy laws. I live in the US currently, but I've grown up in a country where literally every teenager learned how to pirate video game copies and sell them to local marketplaces for CRAZY cheap (I'm talking just a few cents). Let's not forget about jailbreaking consoles. Here in the US, a $60 game might not sound like much, but in other countries, it feels surreal. On top of that, subscriptions for streaming services are crazy expensive, which leaves accessing movies from pirated websites as the only option for billions of people, really.

[@satsumagt5284]

@@CCP-Lies I despise people who pirate My Summer Car and don’t buy it afterwards

[@jumpierwolf]

Gotta love how competition in the industry is what is bringing piracy back.

[@Tobnosh]

Every one of them wanna have a piece of the cake, so the customers must go to every store to get one cake or just go tho the black marked to get one for less

[@Ranger629]

@@Tobnosh Ain't even less, it's literally for free.

[@jumpierwolf]

@@Tobnosh yeah the main reason why streaming sites lowered piracy was through convenience at a low cost and it was moral. With all these new streaming sites, convenience is gone and having multiple increase price. So now the morals are the main thing holding a lot of people back.

[@MG-im8ku]

I'd call it more greed than competition lol Competition is normally a good thing. But what is going on now is only driving up costs of streaming services.

At this point they need to collaborate. Create a platform owned by all of them that you use and they get a cut of your subscription based on how much you watched their stuff or a set percentage. It's how companies do for monthly passes on transportation that involves multiple operators in a metro area so you don't have to buy 10 different monthly passes. This problem has been solved years ago by a different industry and while it's a different industry I think this solution would be a good fit. Cable was also basically this. They need to either create a cable for subscriptions or allow someone to.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Pirates are just cutting out the middleman as well at this point.

[@bennypika3575]

eh, more like this down-to-earth middlemen who said "I got this, do you want it? it's free and I got rid of the ads cuz that's annoy"

[@MrInternetMan]

Yeah fuck paying the actual humans who put their lives into making things.

[@AIlSystemsGo]

@@MrInternetMan yeah fuck em

[@stuiiful]

I prefer the $15+ to be in my pocket and not theirs. I dropped Netflix last year when they had to take off American dad, most of family guy, Bob's burgers and futurama. My toddler loved watching boj amongst other things and they took those off too so there was no point in paying them if they were taking off stuff my household was watching

[@exalented]

@@MrInternetMan Fuck em when they produce garbage. At that point it's not worth the bandwidth.

[@Nahueldelasideas]

Piracy is just collective archiving. We are the gatekeepers

[@user-gs6vj3vb8s]

😎

[@unocualqu1era]

Don't forget about convenience and availability. I have purchased GTA V, but I don't want to play online or have to resolve fucking captchas with the social club log ins and I don't want 30+GB of useless online content, so I pirated it and now I enjoy my game the way I want.

[@mandelbro777]

noble cause corruption .... I LIKE IT !!

[@prestonfernandes2071]

Why pirating will never die? Never buy something that you can get for free

[@Karpata1]

If they'd stop giving us reasons not to support them it would sure help a lot

[@mattparker9726]

indeed.

[@supervegito2277]

True dat. Some do pirate FOR moral reasons and not monetary ones.

@@supervegito2277 Or just convenience. BitTorrent is very popular in the free software community, because setting up a torrent is a lot cheaper than a centralised server with a good bandwidth. Sure, you can "direct download" a Ubuntu iso... But because they spend as little as possible on their server, it's much faster to use the torrent. And 100% legal.

[@jonathankim1999]

What did Netflix do that makes it deplorable enough to not give money to??

[@rrteppo]

@ I pirate when the on demand I pay for asks me to pay another $3 to watch an old show that they are not even showing reruns of anymore, or I own a movie and can't find it in the boxes. I am not paying multiple times for the same product.

[@Dave5gun]

"Why Piracy Will NEVER DIE" KZbin recommendations: Why Does Linus Pirate Windows??

[@ProjectRizaRiza]

Yes

He did not pirate windows. He just didn't activate it. And so you can too. Microsoft rather have you use their os instead of Linux or other.

[@obinator9065]

@ You're some years behind haha, Microsoft is actually starting to support Linux, they published their own Linux Kernel(WSL), they offer it with their Webservice Azure, .NET Core is available for Linux...

[@mitsostechtips9047]

F, It appeared also on me

[@MarkusAtUMa]

@ It should be noted you need a license for commercial use, though. For example, if you are a KZbinr making profit with your channel while using Windows it needs activation.

[@ElladanKenet]

1- Do you want the thing? 2- Do you want to pay that much for the thing? 3- Are you willing to do stuff to acquire the thing? -Piracy

[@Crash32378]

Companies: But you're not supporting the developer if you pirate! Me: If I bought the game I wouldn't be supporting the developers. You paid them pennies and then fired them remember.

[@samsawesomeminecraft]

this is so true. If they want to stop piracy, they need to better themselves and remove that image from our minds.

[@Lmarrv]

More like: you are not supporting the big money CEOs and managers while the developers get the not so deserved salary

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@Lmarrv Yeah, there's always talentless middle people stealing money from the system and claiming theyre giving some sort of service back to the creators or users.

[@samsawesomeminecraft]

gotta pay off the investors, right?

[@Crash32378]

@@user-vt6td9hp3g Well we at least know you work for activsion. But no I wasn't referring to them. But I guess you're to ignorant to know other companies have laid off employees after reaching outlandish record sale numbers.

[@hauntedvoid]

I prefer the term "online treasure hunting" xD

[@bilalmalik5002]

Take this man to the top I say! Argg!

[@Saltlord894]

Same

[@bonniemunene5163]

Deserves it. To the top.

[@xcvsdxvsx]

I'm a privateer. Gots me a writ from the king of sealand right here.

[@exalented]

I prefer the term, "M I N E."

[@paranoid7304]

Why piracy will never die? Well in some parts of the world $100 would be considered a decent monthly wage So buying a AAA game would mean spending more than half of your monthly wage on a single goddam game that you'd complete in a day or two

[@serzaknightcore5208]

@Sagaris Studio well, yes and no. because steam reduce price if you leave in poor country. so yeah, it's better to live in a rich country, but it's not because you get 3x more money that games that you will pay will loks like it's cost less. but if you work in US and have conversion to poor country currency... now it become interresting

[@Jason-tp5cb]

@sleepy I think you mean the wages are lower in your country? Almost everything costs more money in first world countries. First world countries have higher salary rates, but also higher taxes, and higher costs of living. So even if you moved to the UK or US, you won't be better off there, you'd still live the same way you did. And don't even get me started on tax havens like Switzerland and Monaco. Only multimillionaires live there.

[@Jason-tp5cb]

@sleepy Ouch, I feel you. My country's currency has inflated by 50% against the USD since the 2010s.

[@b-1battledroid674]

New games here (70$) is like a third of the minimum wage

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@Just Another Guy I'd rather spend that on hookers, cocaine and a 1993 Toyota MR2 turbo.

[@huangxiwen2006]

From China. I dare say that piracy is popular in my country, for the copyright protectors have been depressing customers. So my products are always free and open-sourced, even if I can't make a living from my products

[@survived4679]

Hello brother i’m arab But i live in sweden

[@liemsolow3697]

Bold of you to assume I ever stopped pirating...

[@yannickluecker3983]

Me neither. Reason: I'm an Anime fan in Germany and it's lliterally impossible to watch like half the shows legally -_-

[@stage4901]

@@yannickluecker3983 Same.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

Yeah, I have nothing of value for them to take.

[@_-Naz-_]

Liem same man been pirating for many years now. all the offline games and such i dont need to play online i just pirate :) and i save my money for the games i can play with friends

[@proffesormeme4495]

Lol

[@justthere845]

Piracy will never die because I'm always poor.

[@The_Potato]

Produce instead of consume.

[@DMSBrian24]

@randy s know what's 0$ and way better than any streaming? piratebay

[@v4v819]

And if you spend your life taking without giving back, in return, you will die poor, as well...

[@dfkfgjfg]

@randy s I enjoy using NordVPN and never getting caught more tbh

[@REIwAlexY]

@@v4v819 what? if I take peoples' money i will die poor? unless you talking about some weird atypical definition of poor like morally poor or something, taking without giving is exactly how u become rich

[@Ridwan.I]

10 subscriptions for 10 show ya im not rich.That's the simple answer.

[@alil1294]

Your goddamn right! HBO DISNEY VICE Adult Swim And many more. Or free?

[@HShango]

Fully agree with that

[@NicholasThon]

Netflix in 5-10 years: “Stranger things we got em! You in to anything else? We got you cov.... nvm”

[@zentrobi1548]

@@alil1294 anddddd that if you live in an english speaking country, if you wanna watch a movie or show in any non-english country, then you add like 2-3 extras ontop, all with unique shows, it makes me rage. So i quited it, no streaming services, no tv, fuck that. Never been more happy by the way >.>

[@galsherp6173]

@@zentrobi1548 just fuggin steal it.

[@MrPowellw]

LTT math when 76% is not over 3/4 of the pie chart.

[@065muhammadnurimanbinabdul6]

Piracy before : captain the ship is looted and the crew is killed. Piracy now : i just take this and seed this for others.

[@RydaliaAstora]

My total seeding ratio right now is 6.000

[@paulybeatz3688]

Ridalia So you spread your downloaded torrent with 6.000 people?

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

Which is why 'piracy' is a poor name for it.

[@rumble8865]

DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE YOU ARE A PIRATE YAR HAR SAILING THE SEAS BEING A PIRATE IS SO FUN TO ME DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE YOU ARE A PIRATE

[@phazonclash]

As long as anti-consumer companies like EA or Activision will exist, piracy will exist.

[@AntonSuprun]

What's the story on Activision? I apparently missed it.

[@notyepenyar]

@@AntonSuprun I'm not super familiar on Activision being anti-consumer (though it wouldn't surprise me). However, if you're looking for something to be mad at them for, I would google "activision-blizzard BlitzChung"

[@weabooslayer7007]

@@AntonSuprun probably because they release the same call of duty every year for the price of a new game

[@AntonSuprun]

@@weabooslayer7007 except, call of duty is exactly what people want from them. It's like saying EA are anti-consumer because they release FIFA every year. Giving people what they want is not an anti-consumer practice. NOTE: I am not denying that EA is anti-consumer. I'm just saying that an annual FIFA game has nothing to do with that fact.

[@gigimuschi7466]

Saying EA is anti-consumerism is you being an idiot

[@SkiDooRydr]

To be honest, I only ever pirated when I was younger and in college where I didn't have a lot of money. Now that I make a good income I don't mind paying for my media. However, I'm not going to pay for $10-$15 each 10 different streaming services. I have Netflix and Hulu now, and likely dropping Netflix soon. The whole point of "cutting the cord" was to reduce the cost and eliminate paying for stuff I never watched. It seems like its actually more expensive now if you want the same catalogue as what you would get from a cable service.

[@romano5785]

I pay for Directv and I only watch like 3 or 4 channels all the time.

[@ecifircas0]

record labels in the early 2000’s: “what do you mean you arent gonna buy this entire album for the one song you like??” TV companies in the late 2010’s/early 2020’s: “what do you mean you arent gonna subscribe to our entire catalog for the one show you like?”

[@immortalmemories3494]

Totally I agree, I am definitely not signing up for 20 streaming services for just one show I like.

[@forestforce2951]

this condition make me remembered about super apps ecosystem vs partial app ecosystem

[@hanswou]

They should implement somethibg like a mini subscribtion where you only get 3 shows/series from netflix of your own choos7ng for 4.99$ or smth. And that for every hbo hulu and all

[@NopeNaw]

@@hanswou So for about half the price, you'd get less than half the content. Makes sense, not.

[@hanswou]

@@NopeNaw you know what "something like that" means?it means that i just described one way to do it. Criticize the concept. Not the example.

[@NopeNaw]

@@hanswou Come up with better examples then, if you don't want to be criticized.

[@michaelwesten4624]

I would totally download a car. Like a dodge neon or something

[@pumpuppthevolume]

or u know 3d model of a car.... or a car game

[@Donnerwamp]

I just did a few days ago and then printed it.

[@reinbeers5322]

M E S O T H E L I O M A

[@Barnardrab]

That's the actual car I drive.

[@Gesteppie]

Hahaha yes! I remember this preview in movie theatres. "You wouldn't steal a car" , well I would if I could download it! XD hahaha

[@WilliamJulienNkogheOlympio]

Also Linus, piracy won't go away until American/European/Asian content is available globally as conveniently as it is in their respective territories. Torrents rule!!!

[@halcyonactual7602]

Netflix just announced that they will be removing password sharing and increase their prices. All the more reason for me to hit the high seas

[@tellyvisionwatcher8617]

"We should cut out the middle man"- Some CEO Probably I Don't think they realize that they are the middle man.

[@bryanmoyna9715]

Exactly.

[@ap_trial666]

@Kurapika Giovanna Man, that's last line gotta be my favorite one liner from now on. "Craps of the highest order". Nice.

[@jamesporquez3682]

@@ap_trial666 r/brandnewsentence

[@NostalgiaMan]

I love piracy. Been a pirate on the internet since Limewire and will never cease even if they come for me lol. You may ask me why? Cause F em thats why

[@Kevin-vn2ww]

Exactly, can't feel bad about taking stuff from billionaires and huge corporations 😚

[@alekseylamanov]

Based and torrentpilled

[@MrViral20]

I never gotten any viruses from Limewire, you just gotta know which files to download.....if any video or song says .exe....or any other weird format or if the size of the file seems odd to you like it being too small for example....don't download it...

[@freakaknight]

@@Kevin-vn2ww easy to feel like that but the problem is it doesn't only affect them in the long run... still.. they need to make it compelling

[@freakaknight]

not just that but the money you have saved vs the fine that you would probably get makes it a no brainer >

[@ericvulgate]

going 'back' to piracy haha- some of us never left.

[@JakeSmith-fz9fp]

Like me lmfafo

[@liviubita4238]

My godfather drank my whole bottle of rum last week, but I'm still a dirty pirate! ;-))

[@RyonMugen]

Yaarrrgg!

[@mealien0808]

Never left

[@theshadowman1398]

Yep never stopped using it and I have a massive legit movie collection.

[@N_Tertainment7]

There's one simple reason why piracy will never disappear. Things are just too expensive

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Lots of linux distros are downloaded via BitTorrent. The other 99.4% is piracy.

[@Seatux]

I hit the local mirror first before BT. BT is a pain to setup and monitor.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

There are some mods and patches for old games no longer available from the studio that you can only get via torrenting.

[@kkon5ti]

Seatux qBittorrent!

[@billybobcobb6324]

Think Transmission comes packaged with a few distros

[@yotoprules9361]

torrenting is slow so i rather download it using their direct link.

[@eenernanis2664]

"This content is not available in your country/region" RARBG: fine, I'll do it myself

[@SalomonAbiassi]

nuf said hahah

[@Eaglehunter44]

1337x,Torrents.csv hey don't forget about us

[@MrMiyagi005]

Please don't mention the site names. Big production companies go on shutting down these sites because ppl keep posting publicly.

[@Eaglehunter44]

@@MrMiyagi005 bruh there's literally a subreddit listing all the frickin site like this

[@MrMiyagi005]

@Bismit Kar im just saying u shouldn't say to their face "I stole your product".

[@hiiamelecktro4985]

So what I learned is that we should all pirate until the companies cave in and submit to us

[@raafmaat]

its their own fault, literally every big media company is coming with their own streaming or gaming platform... its rediculous and remind me of the video game crash of 1982! for me it feels like they are forcing me to cancel the subscriptions and go back to pirating

[@server642]

Fuck the greedy corporations.

[@facespkz_osu]

@@lethalButters See: Apple Inc.

[@weirdyoda04]

I’ve been trying to say this! There was a point where I basically stopped pirating anything but now I’m back to it because even money aside it’s a pain in the ass to even figure out what movies and shows are where.

[@trinchezito1383]

In torrent sites, I find everything in one place. It's lovely!

[@trinchezito1383]

@DespicableContent lol

[@bxzzy1500]

Wait wtf...

[@pitchblack2983]

I had to pay 450€ for torrenting lol

[@maverick9409]

@@pitchblack2983 WTF??

[@pitchblack2983]

@@maverick9409 I got caught (because my VPN was turned off for 12 seconds; literally 12 seconds) and received some kind of warning(?) (In German it is called Abmahnung). TMG, "Tele München Gruppe" wanted 915€ for sharing John Wick 3 via filesharing for 12 SECONDS... My lawyer at least managed to reduce the total costs... Edit: I payed 450€ ...

[@magnetarfire9983]

Convenience is king. Companies don't seem to fully grasp that or even if they do they don't want to accept it.

[@Fil007kk]

This. Why is netflix missing half of the whole season of my favorite show? Guess i'll go back to my good old qbittorent.

[@HenriZwols]

@InSomnia I stopped downloading completely years ago. Netflix gave me plenty of content. I didn't bother downloading those few things not on Netflix. Recently I picked up my old habit precisely because of what the video said.

[@ferror18]

Price too, I wouldn't have netflix if it was 180$ usd a month.

[@Hilblock]

This also applies to blu-rays, which are unneccesarly complicated, especially if you want to play them on PC.

[@anonanon3066]

Companies taking away our money: yas hehehe We taking away the companies money: nooooo you cant do that

[@ragnareikrem3197]

You do know they actually put in months of work while piracy is like 5 clicks... yeah this meme doesent work and could be posted on r/youngpeopleyoutube and everyone would believe that it is made by a kid.

[@makiito4170]

@@ragnareikrem3197 i think what he meant to say was: Companies taking away ridiculous amounts of our money: yas hehehe We taking away the companies money because they don't deserve it: nooooo you cant do that

[@ragnareikrem3197]

@@makiito4170 Sure, some games are overpriced. I can agree on that. But stealing from them is harsh. They actually do put in months of work.

[@chillingchill6823]

@@ragnareikrem3197 if corporate stop acting like robbers, we would stop acting like pirates

[@mrjerry3800]

@@chillingchill6823 keep chilling,my man

[@doggogaming3429]

I've been pirating since I was 10 and I thought that the FBI might show up at my door one day, now I'm 18, and it hasn't happened yet, so I guess it's safe lmao

[@RyonMugen]

Piracy wont die because of what big companies expect people to pay for products. Game in particular has become a stigma of a industry with the introduction of DLC.

[@azarilh2355]

Also microtransactions.

[@AintPopular]

There is always games that you wont find in market but do find them through piracy

[@Donnerwamp]

@@AintPopular Those games/software have a name: Abandonedware. Search it.

[@9SMTM6]

@@azarilh2355 Proud to not have bought a single paid game with real microtransactions to this day. Unfortunately a few with paid microdlcs.

[@9SMTM6]

@Stinz Maynard Piracy is an essential tool in balancing corporate and customer needs. Let's be fair, while it'd be great to have free entertainment, that's just not feasible. Corporations like Disney on the other hand, that bring in huge profits... Well, let's say I won't buy Disney plus.