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LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don't get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive "privacy policy" - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO..

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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sfgifz@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're buying... A temporary permission to access certain content.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No it's just borrowing, it's temporary anyway, I recently looked at some movies on a very old harddisk and it was like DVD quality or worse. Threw the entire disk out.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if it's even borrowing, really. If you borrow my drill, I can't use it. If you torrent a movie... Like... You're seeding, and more people can use it!

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's almost like our economics models with supply and demand barely work for physical products and are even worse at modelling easily reproducible digital goods

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago

Naaaah, probably just a coincidence, best not to think about such things. /S