@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 13 days agoThis was the original control for cable TV. And if you bribed the install guy with cash he would set it to give you premium channels you didn't pay forlemmy.worldimagemessage-square20arrow-up1182
arrow-up1182imageThis was the original control for cable TV. And if you bribed the install guy with cash he would set it to give you premium channels you didn't pay forlemmy.world@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 13 days agomessage-square20
minus-square@PaulBunyan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 days agoIf you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.
minus-square@photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish30•13 days agoIf the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.
minus-square@somedev@aussie.zonelinkfedilink7•edit-213 days agoAnd this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business. Edit: deleted my duplicate comment - not sure why that happened :S
minus-square@somedev@aussie.zonelinkfedilink1•13 days agoAnd this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.
minus-square@Mickey7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink4•13 days agowrong. Back then they had no way to track it
minus-square@PaulBunyan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•13 days agoIf you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.
minus-square@ramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•13 days agoBut part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners
minus-square@AtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•13 days agoMost people don’t pay for a single pirate stream; they pay for a collection of them.
If you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.
If the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.
And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.
Edit: deleted my duplicate comment - not sure why that happened :S
And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.
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wrong. Back then they had no way to track it
If you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.
But part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners
Most people don’t pay for a single pirate stream; they pay for a collection of them.