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"Mickey 17" releases digitally on March 25 β only 18 days after its theatrical debut
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I don't pirate them in the way you think I do. I buy blu-rays and rip them for convenient digital access. I don't share the files with others.
I disagree with piracy in general. Piracy and streaming services are the reason why movies suck these days. Plus, it's impossible to find torrents in uncompressed blu-ray quality with the right language. Piracy sucks in every way possible when it comes to movies.
You're wrong. If the best way for studios to make money is streaming, then restricing access to the corresponding streaming service is their best way to make money. And they will do it.
Pirates might believe they protest against this practice. But actually, they just fuel this system even further by not voting with their money for alternatives. And there ARE alternatives: buy blurays, go to theatres, buy merch.
Pirates will soon realize that these alternatives will also disappear if nobody pays for them. The only money that will be left will be the paying streamers. And this will consequently be the only way to enjoy movies in the future. Quiet the opposite of what pirates are protesting for, isn't it?
Protesting with piracy is just flawed logic.
Buying Blu-ray, going to theaters, and buying merchandise aren't alternatives to owning digitally. I won't speak for all pirates, but I just want to own a digital copy of what i pay for. Even streaming with a paid subscription isn't a viable alternative. I don't pirate to protest, I pirate because there's no other choice.
You can just do both. You can pirate your digital copy and support the artists in ways that don't support streaming. You can buy blurays for example, rip them using MakeMKV to get a digital copy. It's piracy, but it supports a business model that's at least somewhat based on ownership. Or you go to the theatre and torrent the same movie later.
In that way, you actually have some impact on changing the industry and you also get your digitally owned copy. Piracy alone will just support the current state of the industry even more.