Yeah I just straight up pirate movies now, I don't even try to hide it from people anynore. It's clear to me at this point that all these companies care about is getting richer by the minute off the backs of the common man, and their excuses for doing so are getting more and more pathetic.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 52 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have friends who work in the film industry and they pirate movies and TV shows all the time.

[–] SynAcker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 days ago

Me too. By the time a movie or TV show actually makes it to distribution, most people who worked on it have already made their paycheck and moved on to the next project.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 days ago

What capitalists are doing is intentionally sharpening the contradiction, probably with the goal of a revolution or reform in their favor (as can be seen in the USA right now). The neat thing about sharpened contradictions is that it will inevitably lead to change, the bad thing is that this is a massively organized effort with tons of planning and coordination, and The People:tm: are not ready for it.

Pirating movies is pretty good though. Mainstream media always manages to exploit labor incredibly harshly, to the point of suicide, and that behavior should not be rewarded IMO. Of course there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but one can dream. As an aside, pirated media is also incredibly convenient. There is a great community spirit in the piracy community.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

I think I’ve bought two movies ever.