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by Marha01 62 days ago
> So is music free now?

Uhm... yes? The cost of downloading pirated music is essentially zero. The only reason why people use services like Spotify is because it's extremely cheap while being a bit more convenient. But jack up the price and the masses will move to sail the sea again.
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dwedge 62 days ago
The cost of stealing has always been essentially zero. Same argument can be made for streaming, and yet Netflix is neither cheap nor struggling for subscribers.
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Marha01 62 days ago
> The cost of stealing has always been essentially zero.

That is not necessarily true, depending on the level of enforcement and the availability of opportunities to steal.

> Same argument can be made for streaming, and yet Netflix is neither cheap nor struggling for subscribers.

Netflix is still pretty cheap for the convenience it provides. Again, jack up the price and see the masses move to torrent movies/shows again.

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