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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 265 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The headline they want you to read: "zomg these master criminals were causing billions in damages!!!!1!1"

The headline everyone else reads: "lmao piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than any corporate streaming service"

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 87 points 5 months ago

Alternative headline: "study finds that people don't like subscriptions that tell them to eat shit"

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 44 points 5 months ago

piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than the top 4 corporate streaming services combined"

FTFY 😁