Reasons piracy still exists and will exist approximately forever:
- Something not being available in your country
- The version that is available is a "helpfully" translated one when you would rather watch the original with subs
- Your device isn't worthy of receiving a high-quality stream despite you paying for one and your hardware being capable of decoding it
- The player is just shitty and you can't use your own
- There are ads despite you paying a subscription
- You "bought" a movie, then it was taken away from you because the seller lost the license. In other words, your continued access to something you allegedly own is still contingent on the seller and its whims.
It's surprising how much people are willing to tolerate, but in general, around me torrenting something is still the default. Some people do have Netflix or other subscriptions, but they are a minority. Just no one is having this whole "you get the same exact movie but you pay AND you get a worse UX" thing.
And DVDs? I don't think I've ever seen an actually licensed and encrypted DVD. Many players ignore all those "no fast forwarding" flags as well.
- Something not being available in your country
- The version that is available is a "helpfully" translated one when you would rather watch the original with subs
- Your device isn't worthy of receiving a high-quality stream despite you paying for one and your hardware being capable of decoding it
- The player is just shitty and you can't use your own
- There are ads despite you paying a subscription
- You "bought" a movie, then it was taken away from you because the seller lost the license. In other words, your continued access to something you allegedly own is still contingent on the seller and its whims.
It's surprising how much people are willing to tolerate, but in general, around me torrenting something is still the default. Some people do have Netflix or other subscriptions, but they are a minority. Just no one is having this whole "you get the same exact movie but you pay AND you get a worse UX" thing.
And DVDs? I don't think I've ever seen an actually licensed and encrypted DVD. Many players ignore all those "no fast forwarding" flags as well.