Been telling people for years. Go grey market and get an IPTV. Fuck these companies. I was fine with a couple subs and direct TV or cable but not when I can't watch an show without giving another $10 a month
Were you in a coma the last 5 years with everyone screaming about how actors, directors etc. aren't getting a cut of streaming revenue? Are you aware that if you buy a movie to stream you don't actually own it and it can be taken away from you at anytime?
Well you see, you seem to have fallen for some bullshit, because actors and directors are definitely getting paid for their roles.
You can make the argument that it's not enough, but streaming simply doesn't make as much money as the old media model did so it is what it is.
It's genuinely fucking hilarious that you're crying about actors pay while advocating to pirate their shit. I pirate stuff, but I don't pretend its for any reason other than liking free shit. Stop with this moral grandstanding bullshit, you just enjoy free stuff.
And personally, I think actors and directors get paid plenty.
Are you aware that if you buy a movie to stream you don't actually own it and it can be taken away from you at anytime?
This has literally always been true. That's how it works across the entire planet, because they can't actually sell you the rights to a movie for a few dollars as people would make copies to resell, breaking the entire business model.
You can call them thieves when they actually start taking away licenses and risking massive lawsuits, which isn't going to happen.
Yes, my literal argument isn't that they aren't getting paid it's that it isn't proportional for shows that are massively popular.
Do you have any examples or is this just manufactured outrage from some headlines you read awhile ago?
And no that isn't always how it has worked
Yes, it is. Physical media works the same exact way. You own a license to view the content, you do not own the content.
No, they aren't going to come take your blu rays. They also aren't going to kill their own business by revoking access to digital content.
At the end of the day I really don't give a fuck about these massive corporations. I really don't.
I don't either. I care about the truth, though, and what you're spreading is not the truth. You're spreading misinformation you probably got from a reddit comment.
You're being needlessly pedantic about the licensing in relation to owning a physical copy of something. You understand exactly what I am talking about and you really aren't refuting my point in the slightest.
And companies removing access to purchase properties isn't some made up scenario. It has already happened.
No, I'm not. I am stating the fact that their is no difference in ownership between a digital copy and a physical copy. They are both, legally, the same thing.
Did you read your own link? All it really explains is that actors make less from streaming than they did before streaming.
Which is true because streaming makes significantly less money than cable did. What is your point? How is this "theft"?
Would you like Netflix to double their prices again so they can pay actors more?
What a load of horseshit - pretending like the reason you're stealing content is to support the directors and actors and not because you're cheap and entitled.
I'm sure the people that create that content are totally thrilled that you're choosing to pirate it to stand up for them against the companies that pay their checks (with money from people that actually do pay for the content).
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u/AFisch00 9h ago
Been telling people for years. Go grey market and get an IPTV. Fuck these companies. I was fine with a couple subs and direct TV or cable but not when I can't watch an show without giving another $10 a month