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0 pointsoneweekwonder8y ago0 comments

In Australia, certain content is banned, so pirating or acquiring it via other means is nececery.

I also want to point out another problem in a lot of countries is bandwidth. Limits of 20GB is not unheard-off. But GTA5, 65GB. So easier to copy a couple of rar files on usb and sneakernet it around.

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conanbatt8y ago

I wouldn't call watching TV a necessity, but sure, no doubt that restricted access causes piracy.

Its fundamentally a problem of business model. You can't charge differential pricing based on what the customer is willing or able to do, so one way or another you compromise revenue, or content, or something else.

Naturally as this has progressed with time, the shows themselves started adding ads within the show to prevent things like this.

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conanbatt8y ago

I wouldn't call watching TV a necessity, but sure, no doubt that restricted access causes piracy.

Naturally as this has progressed with time, the shows themselves started adding ads within the show to prevent things like this.

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