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Online Piracy Almost Died. Now It's More Popular Than Ever. - YouTube (youtube.com)

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 79 points 2 months ago

Piracy never got anywhere close to dying. TV and movie piracy dropped a bit when there were decent streaming services though.

Lots of people got used to watching what they want, when they want it. Now that the streaming services have all enshittified, loads of people are turning to piracy because it provides better service.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago

In general I agree, but my understanding is that the pirate streams of live sporting events were cracked down on quite hard. There was definitely a dip at one point where the high quality SopCast and Ace Stream broadcasts that had become very popular for competitions like the Premier League (e.g. Bloodzeed) disappeared quite suddenly and weren't replaced with anything comparable.

[-] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

True, good sport streams are a lot harder to find than they used to be.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

If it wasn't for piracy I would have just kept reading books. Instead, I just watch all the bullshit.

EDIT: Most of the time, the people who make shows have a much better imagination than mine

[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I get a stellar service from my mate's Plex server that he doesn't charge me to access. If there's something I want, I request it through some automated service he has and within no time at all it's ready to watch.