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by nemomarx 4 days ago
A lot of average people will also pirate if it's cheap and the UI is good. There was a pretty brisk business selling cheap hacked firetv sticks to people for that
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When ever is pirating not cheap? Isn't that the whole point?
Less technically inclined users can be tricked into paying for pirated content, especially if the free way requires a little set up or work.
That would be ballsy. I could see a rebranded PopcornTime as a monthly subscription platform that gain some attraction. However, I'd imagine that majority would be from lawyers. For a country that doesn't give a damn about IP laws, this might be an interesting start up