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According to London‑based piracy monitoring and content‑protection firm MUSO, unlicensed streaming is the predominant source of TV and film piracy, accounting for 96% in 2023. Piracy reached a low in 2020, with 130bn website visits. But by 2024 that number had risen to 216bn. In Sweden, 25% of people surveyed reported pirating in 2024, a trend mostly driven by those aged 15 to 24. Piracy is back, just sailing under a different flag.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

This reminds me of the old pre-internet joke about a little girl with a lemonade stand. The sign reads..."Cup of Lemonade $1,000.00". A passerby says to the little girl..."You won't sell much lemonade at that price" and the little girl says..."That's all right, I only need to sell one!".

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

It's ok, this is how capitalism works. When there's less demand then they'll have to drop prices. If your product isn't competitive enough then you'll have to find efficiencies and innovate. Those who can't improve deserve to die.... As capitalism deems fit.

What's that you say? Blame the customers instead? Keep raising prices and decreasing content? removed please.

Edit: swearing is censored here? WTF

[–] h4mi@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Fuck poop donkey dick

(Responding to the edit)

No, it's just people being dumb and forgetting this is not typical social media. Like, i can say fuck here as i just said; no need to censor. As long as you respect the community and instance rules, go wild! Say whatever the fuck you want.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

If your product isn't competitive enough then you'll have to find efficiencies and innovate.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 13 points 1 week ago

Death by a thousand (financial) cuts.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago

Sail the high seas.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sure some never even left piracy....

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Not me. Funny enough, for the last 20-years I've been so "trained" to automatically pirate that I was having a hard time finding a decent copy of The Expanse. Didn't realize I had it through my Amazon Prime subscription.

[–] mtpender@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

"You'd best start believing in ghost stories Corpos, You're in one..."