A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

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    As a Norwegian I talked to some acquaintances about a TV-series they liked and I asked “Cool, where can I watch it?”. Then we all just looked at each other and laughed.

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        Yeah, it is almost as if the companies operating in the area are price gouging on the basis of workers’ salaries 🤔

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    well, before that and for generations, banks printing money was an acceptable way of governments to make rich people richer and all others poorer, so i can fully accept that stealing was learned from govs and the richies there. change how “the successfull” accomplish their successes and you can teach the kids how to live without stealing, keep abuse by gov and richies as is and all the theft is done exactly as ordered by govs and richies, no matter the age.

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    Honestly, I’m surprised it’s only 50%. They don’t have a cost of living crisis there?

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      It saves a lot of money for each subscription service you can skip.

      I only had to buy a VPN and a cheap mini PC as a server. And then a 1tb SSD. Then I needed to buy another 2tb. And then I had to run Ethernet upstairs for it since the WiFi card couldn’t keep up. Then I had to upgrade the router to support the new gigabit cabling…

      Eh, well, at least I get to keep something out of it.

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        Yeah, I’m going for a bit more storage, currently sitting at 108TB. The price of my home server could pay for around 75 years of Netflix.

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            Selection is probably better though

            You mean at Netflix? Maybe, but only temporarily. If I’m missing a piece of media I want I’ll simply download it and add it to my server. And contrary to Netflix once it’s on my server it’ll stay there.

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        Yeah, at least you OWN something. With digital games or subscription services you are at the mercy of companies.

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      If you only leech and you’re not a hoarder, it really doesn’t require much. For most people there’s not really any need to store every single piece of media they’ve ever consumed or hope to consume…some day…maybe. Or setup tools to automate their uncontrollable hoarding.

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        Oh God this is going to become the new “clearing away all grandpa’s old Playboys and VHS tapes and newspapers,” isn’t it?

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          Use a password manager; keep the porn accounts in a separate password vault that can be disposed of. Keep the password in a safe and/or include it in your will in some way.

          I’m going to have to take over my dad’s setup someday and keep it running for my mom…

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            Good point although I was thinking more generally in terms of the sheer quantity of hoarded material. Every episode of Taggart and Midsomer Murders and Housewives… Grandma’s hoard might be even more unwieldy

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              Oh, I’m familiar with hoarders. Grandma is floor to ceiling; shed, two car garage, basement, both floors. I think the family plan is to let the city/bank deal with it when she goes. We won’t go inside.

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                I totally agree it’s a job best done by someone without any emotional ties.

                I also realize that “the bank/the city” means “some secondary cleaning contractor” which means “some probably-undocumented immigrants,” i.e. another vital service which could be impacted by the Trump Purge.

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      Yep, roughly $400 a week.

      I run lean, dude. You don’t want my life.

      If it’s about the hobby, the low end is what an old laptop and a crap hard drive? Cycle out new releases as they come and go.

      I could set someone up with Jellyfin and a full arr suite for $50.

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        Yep, roughly $400 a week.

        Huh? How? Were you subscribed to every single streaming service that existed?

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          Was it implied that I was in dire straits because I was streaming?

          His statement was pretty general. It’s hard out there to save money, even if you aren’t streaming.

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            I understood your comment to mean “piracy is saving you $400 a week”, so before piracy you spend $400 a week on media, which sounds like an insane amount.

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              No, it’s what I can put back rn barring photosynthesis so I wouldn’t have to buy food.

              I’m working on it.

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    Music artists aren’t getting paid.

    Companies regularly buy up IP, then leave it unavailable.

    No central ability to find things.

    All licenses are temporary and have no end date.

    Companies are regularly raising rates far beyond inflation.

    Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back.

    Adding advertisements and raising rates to get rid of them.

    Selling our watching habits.

    Or, you can download it and not deal with any of that.

    When piracy rates go up, it’s because customer service and value has gone down.

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      Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back.

      This.

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      Yeah. I stopped pirating for like 3 years because of Netflix having enough content to occupy me (and I had a he’ll of a lot more time on my hands then than I do now). Now Netflix doesn’t have shit and everything is spread over a ton of services. I can either constantly be changing subscriptions around or pay like 7$ a month for a VPN and have everything… Hmmm, tough choice.

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    As a norwegian who is back to pirating after a break of around 10-12 years, it is not primarily a cost issue. Hell with hardware investments it is costing me more tho that includes stuff for gaming (roms, i currently dont pirate pc games).

    What it is is a service issue. Self curated collection of movies and shows beats the fragmented shit that is current streaming platforms not to mention the flood of utter garbage on tgese platforms you have to sift thru to find somethinf worth watching. Not to mention the privacy aspects and in general the “ownership” model (ie licensing without really knowing the terms).

    Fuck that shit and im never getting fooled again.

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    just got to a 364 ratio so i’m doing my part

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    Corporate Businesses treat streaming services like it’s Cable all over again. Content available here, content available there, no content available anywhere for some shows and movies.

    Gaming industry pushing hard to default everything to $70 as the norm, while certain editions are in triple digits and even having the gall to ask for another $30 or $40 for battle passes.

    Spotify CEO and Joe Rogan both are paid far more than any music artist on the platform.

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    As a young Norwegian I can say that I’ve saved a bit of money by pirating. I have a nas with 10s of tb of movies disney or Warner bros can’t delete from my library.