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Judging from the current sentiment around piracy among younger generations, I've concluded that MPAA/RIAA propaganda against piracy has been a rousing success.

My philosophy has always been: Pay for things if you are able, it's convenient, and pricing is fair. And if piracy is easier than paying, piracy always wins.

It's the reason I buy all my video games now and rarely pirate music anymore, but half of my TV and movies come through my seedbox.

This. They convinced the kids that piracy is bad and evil, and the Big IP lobby is laughing all the way to bank. Ensuring that you own nothing, and will rent your life from them in perpetuity.

Exactly. If the only way I can get 4k movies and shows without a stream degrading and being able to use mpv or other such video players is through piracy, then so be it.

I'm in a similar position. I use Spotify for music, but for movies/TV, I pirate everything despite paying for multiple streaming services.

It's about being able to consume media on my own terms. Thanks to piracy, I can get the same quality content from another source and enjoy it however I want, on any device, online or offline.

The hackers grew up and now they are what they once hated.

Seems to happen to every generation.

Or they matured. Should writers, musicians, and journalists be slaves?

The name is almost ironic at this point, kinda like OpenAI

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