IMDB Struggles with Persistent Movie 'Piracy' Problem

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> People who fall for these scams are in for a huge disappointment. Instead of gaining access to pirated movies, they are redirected to shady sites that often promise ‘free’ content in exchange for the visitor’s credit card details.

Maybe someone better versed in scams/pirating can educate me on who is this supposed to target? The typical pirate is seeking something for free, if they wanted to fork over a credit card to pay for it they probably wouldn't have gotten here in the first place. What am I missing? Does it link to some "free trial" dark pattern?

A lot of private trackers, indexers or forums operate on an invite fee/donation to get access. So I’m not really surprised that people would pay a small amount for a possible access to an unlimited amount of entertainment. There’s also an active market for paid access to private Plex servers.

I maybe outlier but I would pay triple Netflix for pirate site where everything in one place and works well on my devices and not tracking me.

so, a bunch of privately owned channels all in one place that can be subscribed to in a bundle? sounds like we went full circle and reinvented cable. way to disrupt, netflix!

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