> What if you pay for Netflix — because you want to support creators, — but you actually download stuff — because you also want to be able to watch it without hustle?
I dont have to do that with music (spotify works on linux and my phone so its fine) or with games (steam works with linux and valve makes linux gaming better every single day).
I don´t mind paying a fair price for media and i like the convenience of a large, always available, curated, searchable, instantly available Media service. But the movie and TV Industry doesn´t offer it. Netflix here in Germany has a pathetic libary and i dont want to subscribe to 5 services to watch the 5 or 6 TV shows i want to see. Thats neither fair nor convenient. I´d rather take that money to my local cinema and pay for the experience instead of just the content.
Piracy is mostly a distribution problem and to a much lesser degree a pricing problem. As long as I can´t buy into a service that is better than pirating content why should I pay for it.
I dont have to do that with music (spotify works on linux and my phone so its fine) or with games (steam works with linux and valve makes linux gaming better every single day).
I don´t mind paying a fair price for media and i like the convenience of a large, always available, curated, searchable, instantly available Media service. But the movie and TV Industry doesn´t offer it. Netflix here in Germany has a pathetic libary and i dont want to subscribe to 5 services to watch the 5 or 6 TV shows i want to see. Thats neither fair nor convenient. I´d rather take that money to my local cinema and pay for the experience instead of just the content.
Piracy is mostly a distribution problem and to a much lesser degree a pricing problem. As long as I can´t buy into a service that is better than pirating content why should I pay for it.