Comment on "Wicked" hits PVOD/digital on New Year's Eve.
TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI don’t think piracy has that big of an effect on box office.
Most people don’t know how to pirate properly and are too afraid of “viruses” and navigating file systems to do it.
If piracy really were that big of a problem, they wouldn’t be doing this.
haywire7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s about making it easily available so it’s more effort to pirate it. If it’s available on a streaming service you already have or you can purchase it for not a lot then most people will take the easy way out and pay.
Link@rentadrunk.org 3 weeks ago
Is it really more effort to pirate? I’m not sure I agree with that. Plus it means you don’t need to deal with stupid DRM that restricts you to 720p or lower just because you choose to use Linux…
That said if I enjoy a film I will absolutely by the Blu-ray. That way I get the best version and I own it unlike streaming services.
haywire7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
For us no.
For Joe public yes.
It’s all about the numbers, go after a few to scare the masses then give them a safe alternative.
If enshitification comes in to it and it starts to look better to pirate (shows/films disappearing, ads, bloat, needing 15 different subscriptions and so on) then piracy will increase again.
For me Netflix/Disney+/Prime have laid the foundation of no longer relying on Sky’s overpriced satellite packages at least so there’s a positive.
TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Relative to your own experience and tech expertise, it’s easier. Look at this through the eyes of an average person. More people use smartphones than computers/laptops (and if they use laptops, it’s likely that they’re running a locked-down OS like ChromeOS). They probably don’t even know what a file or folder/directory is, much less a “torrent”.
“So you’re telling me I need to install this app that’s not on the official App Store to ‘download’ a movie, in the process exposing my IP address and potentially getting me in hot water with my ISP? Sounds dangerous to my security, better stick with Netflix and Amazon Prime.”