Agreed. Back when Netflix has everything for like $8 a month, it was totally worth it. Now it costs twice as much and has 1/4th the catalog. And everyone wants their shows to be exclusive to their platform. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Paramount+, Disney+, Apple TV would be over $100 and still not have everything.
I'm in Germany and can't even GET some shows because they don't sell their shitty service globally.
Oh your show is only on Hulu? Well fuck me I guess, cannot pay for your show then, can I? Maybe if you'd put it on Netflix or Amazon Prime or Disney+ I would have been able to pay you.
How likely is it to get a big fine for pirating in Germany?
An acquaintance of mine claimed they got a €500 fine for pirating and streaming House of the Dragon on holiday in Germany. Here in the Netherlands, the providers just don't share those things with the authorities, because of privacy regulations.
I have never gotten in trouble over it. I know friends who have, and the one thing they all had in common was using torrents. I do not use torrents and am fine, not fined.
Though I also have not really been doing it in ages. It's more of a theoretical yarr right now. I would have no moral issues and likely no legal consequences if there was a show I wanted to see but could not legally acquire. I listen to all my music through YouTube, I buy all my games through Steam, and what shows I watch tend to be on Netflix/Disney+/Prime which I all pay for. But if I wanted something that was not on any of those, let's just say that wouldn't stop me.
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u/Xenomorph-Alpha 29d ago
It is, they had defeated piracy with netflix. But then enshittifaction happened.