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1. pirate+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-10-12 16:14:06
> I like how you use one difficult example (Rick and Morty) to justify a wholesale move back into piracy.

Ah yes, the ol' blame the user.

> streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance

Sure.

> IMHO people pirate primarily because of money

The biggest video games are all free.

> At the very least pay for most of your content.

Because of piracy, all the streaming services operate like free to play games. Disney+ gets $80/yr from payers. Not bad. Compare to Clash of Clans which is closer to $10-15/yr (per payer).

They're doing a good job. I am not 100% sure what the payers are paying for. Lack of technical knowledge to pirate? You're right, nobody who would know how to do this would pay.

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2. andsoi+xb[view] [source] 2022-10-12 17:04:11
>>pirate+(OP)
> The biggest video games are all free.

Huh?

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3. ask_b1+Fg[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-12 17:26:37
>>andsoi+xb
https://steamdb.info/graph/ Top 5 currently and Top 4 all time peak.

And outside Steam others like Fortnite, Candy Crush, Roblox, Club Penguin...

Many at the top here have a free-to-play model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-played_video_game...

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4. tharax+Vg[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-12 17:27:47
>>andsoi+xb
Many popular games are free to play. They monetise through targeting whales.
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5. yamtad+QS[view] [source] 2022-10-12 20:23:07
>>pirate+(OP)
> > > streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance

> Sure.

I'd still find piracy tempting if streaming services were free just because streaming service UIs don't offer good parental controls. All I want is a goddamn allow-list. That's it.

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