Well, damn. He was a really nice guy.

>I hope Bally's goes kaput so MLB can take the rights and end blackouts once and for all

I think you're going to be disappointed. Whomever ends up owning Bally is going to have the rights.

Given the constant rising cost of cable over the past few decades, them increasing the amount of commercials, the fragmentation of streaming services and their various catalog of shows it is not surprising.

And rather than spending money on an attempt to provide an affordable comprehensive easy-to-use service they instead are becoming more consumer hostile with preventing VPN, password sharing, and DMCA take downs and court cases.

They'll continue to try to build in watchdogs into computers (I'm looking at you Windows 11 hardware requirements) to enforce licensing issues, but that's a losing battle.

The number of people pirating is just going to increase as pirating becomes easier and easier with Kodi integration, home streaming devices, etc.

Maybe someday some upstart will embrace the new economy rather than fight it. iTunes was a huge hit because it did just that. And seeming indomitable Spotify and the like managed to embrace it even more and be successful.

But then business dinosaurs fight for their lives the only way they know how until eventually their species is gone. And nobody will miss them.

She knows he's capable of cheating (as is she).

I hate the last season of The Wire. It’s still one of the best (top five), but without that last season it’s probably the best for me.

I live in Chicago and pay for cable. There have been a few times this season where I haven't been able to watch the Chicago Blackhawks play hockey because their games were locked behind an ESPN+ subscription and not on any TV channels whatsoever which is insane to me. Of course people are still going to pirate certain things.

Removing episodes that have blackface when they’re poking fun at the concept of blackface is so stupid. Always Sunny in particular is mocking the stupid characters who find it acceptable and constantly pointing out that it’s racist. Same goes with RDJ in Tropic Thunder. That’s a brilliant use of blackface to poke fun at both the absurd nature of method acting and also Hollywood in general.

Dear Diary

Yeah I like having everything in one place, so if I like a show on, say, Prime, I’ll usually watch it there first (because if I like a show and have legal access I want the service to know I watched it) and then download it later so I have it on my Plex server with every other show and movie I like and may want to re-watch at some point.

Wasn't just this posted recently?

That companies are seeking (legal action even?) Reddit posts/comments about ppl who share pirating stories/tips, etc?

Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit

Advertisement in tv rely on eyes to watch it. If there are no eyes, how would it be profitable?

Not really.

For decades television profited without directly charging consumers (mainly through advertisements and merchandise). The industry would find alternate ways to generate revenue that don’t rely on charging customers directly for content

I can still put TWD in the all time top 10 even though it sagged in parts.

But not GoT. It wasn't just a bad ending, it was an ending that retroactively ruined the rest of the series. If we could just judge it on S1-6, it'd be a top 5 show. But as it stands, it's below average; not even worth watching.

If the overwhelming majority of people like OP above me were to stop consuming legally and opted for piracy?

Yeah, ofc it'd disappear.

Right? Like "cheating is bad but his ex-wife was kind of annoying anyway". Quoi?

I saw the third movie in theaters as a kid. I’ll be ok. Something about his head on the pavement has always made me recoil. I’m blaming the sound, which someone else said was the sound of a cracking egg.

i believe the number actually. even though it's not really hard at face value, i think we really overestimate how many people will even seek out information on how to do it and also have the technical skills to set it up and do it. add in the fact that most people pay for convenience in every aspect of their lives as well and i expect the number to be real low

1 in 10 admitted to a criminal offense.

What a useless poll.

Oh no, my Dad will be gutted. Rest in Power 🙏🏻

That's really not true though.

It's not like a multi-billion dollar industry is just going to disappear.

It’s people like that who make me think Clark Kent could maybe getaway with a double life.

just because they don't do it doesn't mean they don't know what it is.

at it's core pirating is really about entitlement. folks that grew up in the 80's or earlier were raised a little differently than the 'everyone gets a trophy' generations.

I hope Bally's goes kaput so MLB can take the rights and end blackouts once and for all

Maybe you mean Cameron.

I can definitely separate the art from the artist in a case like this I think.

Certainly lost some personal respect for them but if they're in something I want to see I'm not going to deprive myself