Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.

200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.

  • JamesFire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    but there is a reason writers, artists, and the people making a shit amount of money for the work they put into the things we love.

    It’s because their contracts are exploitive, not because of piracy. Piracy is almost always done by someone who wouldn’t have paid (Whether because of lack of ability or choice) anyway. A large majority of people pirating can’t afford the content (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), can’t get it legally (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), wouldn’t have bought it anyway out of principle (Which means they wouldn’t have been a paying customer if pirating wasn’t an option), or (Mostly in the case of games) they’re trying it out to see if it’s worth it.

    This idea that everyone that pirates could and would buy it if pirating wasn’t an option is completely false. Most of them just wouldn’t consume the content if pirating wasn’t an option.