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minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 hours agoPirate it so it doesn’t show up on their dashboards as a view. A hate-watch is still a view
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-24 hours agoPiracy = popularity. The big studios take torrent popularity as a metric these days. Even if you’re not paying for the show, everyone seeding and downloading that torrent is being used as a sign by the industry that they should keep giving Rowling money which she, in turn, uses to harm people. Pirating her content is still making her rich, while also granting her a deeper foothold in your own media environment, heart, and mind. You deserve better, and you can do better.
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 hours agoTorrents aren’t the only form of piracy.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoIt’s really not that hard to find something else to watch.
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoGreat job moving the goalpost.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes agoFrom where? That was my initial assertion.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoAll piracy is popularity.
Pirate it so it doesn’t show up on their dashboards as a view.
A hate-watch is still a view
Piracy = popularity. The big studios take torrent popularity as a metric these days. Even if you’re not paying for the show, everyone seeding and downloading that torrent is being used as a sign by the industry that they should keep giving Rowling money which she, in turn, uses to harm people.
Pirating her content is still making her rich, while also granting her a deeper foothold in your own media environment, heart, and mind. You deserve better, and you can do better.
Torrents aren’t the only form of piracy.
It’s really not that hard to find something else to watch.
Great job moving the goalpost.
From where? That was my initial assertion.
All piracy is popularity.
It literally isn’t.