[haunter]

>That’s why streaming service’s completely beat out piracy

Are you sure about that?

Streaming is incredibly fragmented + the geolocation based limitations (certain shows are available in X country but not in Y, subtitles and dubbing varies a lot to) are increasingly prominent. Piracy will always triumph because of the ease of access and getting what you want in the format you want.

[omginternets]

Music piracy is much harder today than it was 10 years ago. Your logic is consistent, but it doesn't match reality, which is that piracy is on the decline.

[haunter]

>Music piracy is much harder today than it was 10 years ago

What does "harder" mean? Just because what.cd doesn't exist anymore there are still countless trackers and servers out there. I can pretty much download anything I want week 1. There are more music out there that we could listen in our entire lives.

Of course someone always comes up with the question like "what about the tanzanian panflute world music band I've heard in Quito in 1982, where can I find their CD"

[red-iron-pine]

modern piracy is pretty easy and becomes cost effective fairly quickly once you start scaling.

but spotify is pretty good, doesn't require a lot of storage, and works on everything to include my phone and my linux desktop. my mom, my kid, and most people i know are able to use it, and "it just works". and spotify has few competitors.

tv and movie streaming, however, is fractured and miserable. there was a minute where a single netflix made it better, but for the month cost of 2 streaming services I could get sickbeard and NZDB and watch whatever i want. then there is the "what service is $show on?" game, which you don't have to worry about with streaming.

and then there is 'owning' -- if you keep your pirated content you have it. meanwhile netflix or hulu can lose the rights and you don't get to see that show again.