lol so Amazon Prime announces they're moving everyone by default to an ad supported tier unless you pay more, and now Disney+ is also introducing an ad supported tier as well as account sharing/login restrictions on devices outside your home a la Netflix.
Media companies you had an ecosystem where you could still make money and it was cheaper than cable and more convenient than "piracy" so us consumers were all for it.
"Piracy" was basically defeated and now the tides are rising again.... 🤣
"Piracy" is accessibility. "Piracy" is knowledge sharing. "Piracy" is innovation. "Piracy" is resistance to closed ecosystems. "Piracy" is media preservation.
"Pirated"/"illegal" ROMs are why we can still access and play old games.
"Piracy" is discoverability and is its own form of marketing which drives sales.
And I'm absolutely not saying that people shouldn't be paid for their creative work, but it's not us consumers doing the stealing.
@totalclaireity @dandb (I do want to add that most of the time the creatives aren’t getting paid anyways when it comes to older games. Just like I don’t get a cent for any software I’ve written in the last 20+ years, above my salary.
I absolutely do want creatives to be able to live and create more for me to enjoy. But let’s be clear about who gets the big bucks here:( )
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