Olivia@lemmy.today to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-210 months agoPirate IPTV User Fines "Coming Soon" But Are Not "Psychological Terrorism"torrentfreak.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105external-linkPirate IPTV User Fines "Coming Soon" But Are Not "Psychological Terrorism"torrentfreak.comOlivia@lemmy.today to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareredditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·10 months agoBut you don’t understand, if people stop pirating, the subscription prices will go down because of all the parasites who get it for free. The corporations would never just take the additional money and raise prices to get even more, right?
minus-squareahoy_me_boy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·10 months agoIn fact, prices will go even HIGHER, because now you have no choice. Either pay $120 for cable or pay for streaming. Or read a book. Or go outside. With no piracy, they can charge whatever they want. $50 a month Netflix incoming!
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoDon’t forget the /s, Poe’s Law and all that jazz, ya know
minus-squareredditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI hope it was clear enough
But you don’t understand, if people stop pirating, the subscription prices will go down because of all the parasites who get it for free. The corporations would never just take the additional money and raise prices to get even more, right?
In fact, prices will go even HIGHER, because now you have no choice. Either pay $120 for cable or pay for streaming. Or read a book. Or go outside.
With no piracy, they can charge whatever they want. $50 a month Netflix incoming!
Don’t forget the /s, Poe’s Law and all that jazz, ya know
I hope it was clear enough