minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziptoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Half of Young Norwegians Say Online Piracy Is an Acceptable Way to Save MoneylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 hours agoMusic artists aren’t getting paid. Companies regularly buy up IP, then leave it unavailable. No central ability to find things. All licenses are temporary and have no end date. Companies are regularly raising rates far beyond inflation. Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back. Adding advertisements and raising rates to get rid of them. Selling our watching habits. Or, you can download it and not deal with any of that. When piracy rates go up, it’s because customer service and value has gone down. linkfedilink
Music artists aren’t getting paid.
Companies regularly buy up IP, then leave it unavailable.
No central ability to find things.
All licenses are temporary and have no end date.
Companies are regularly raising rates far beyond inflation.
Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back.
Adding advertisements and raising rates to get rid of them.
Selling our watching habits.
Or, you can download it and not deal with any of that.
When piracy rates go up, it’s because customer service and value has gone down.