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by Bvalmont 5609 days ago
Subscription models, vanity lists and social networks should be provided in an app store as a service that gives the digital content more meaning.

Steam is doing it. I pirate everything I see but since Steam I'd rather buy some games simply because they are then in my "Steam games list".

I would easily give up piracy on music if Spotify became legal here in Belgium, but it hasn't so I combine my LastFM subscription with rapidshare account.

Same for TV shows and Movies, I don't see the point in owning it, but I would pay for a Netflix account in a heartbeat.