A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

  • sunzu2
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    3526 days ago

    Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

    When rich have rape sex trafficked victims this one never comes up 🤡

    • @anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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      225 days ago

      Or the fact that the billionaires are burning the most oil (which Norway sells them BTW) and baking the whole planet.

  • @rumba@lemmy.zip
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    1325 days ago

    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.

    • @flappy@lemm.ee
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      220 days ago

      Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back.

      This.

  • katy ✨
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    323 days ago

    just got to a 364 ratio so i’m doing my part

  • @ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place
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    17026 days ago

    Well, since I don’t own what I buy, I don’t see how pirating is anything other than getting something from a cheaper distributor.

    After all, how can I steal something that can’t be owned?

  • @Urist@lemmy.ml
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    6226 days ago

    As a Norwegian I talked to some acquaintances about a TV-series they liked and I asked “Cool, where can I watch it?”. Then we all just looked at each other and laughed.

  • @smb@lemmy.ml
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    3126 days ago

    well, before that and for generations, banks printing money was an acceptable way of governments to make rich people richer and all others poorer, so i can fully accept that stealing was learned from govs and the richies there. change how “the successfull” accomplish their successes and you can teach the kids how to live without stealing, keep abuse by gov and richies as is and all the theft is done exactly as ordered by govs and richies, no matter the age.

  • object [Object]
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    324 days ago

    As a young Norwegian I can say that I’ve saved a bit of money by pirating. I have a nas with 10s of tb of movies disney or Warner bros can’t delete from my library.

  • @lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works
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    1025 days ago

    As a norwegian who is back to pirating after a break of around 10-12 years, it is not primarily a cost issue. Hell with hardware investments it is costing me more tho that includes stuff for gaming (roms, i currently dont pirate pc games).

    What it is is a service issue. Self curated collection of movies and shows beats the fragmented shit that is current streaming platforms not to mention the flood of utter garbage on tgese platforms you have to sift thru to find somethinf worth watching. Not to mention the privacy aspects and in general the “ownership” model (ie licensing without really knowing the terms).

    Fuck that shit and im never getting fooled again.

  • atro_city
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    2925 days ago

    Honestly, I’m surprised it’s only 50%. They don’t have a cost of living crisis there?