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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think Jeff Gerstmann once said "you ha e to be able to compete with free" to combat piracy. Tech companies used to understand this...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

It's really not free. Piracy is still a bit of a chore. It's just less of a chore than juggling a dozen streaming services, shitty and inconsistent apps and playing the whole "what major corporation's subscription service has the rights for this show?" game.

They ought to try sucking less.

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