"Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue": Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken
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Sony is erasing over 550 movies from PlayStation libraries without offering a single refund. If clicking "Buy" only grants access until a corporate licensing deal expires, the service is fundamentally broken.
  • huppakee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Article is worth reading (use an adblocker though), but if you’re looking for a little more than a title but a little less than a new tab:

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    Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Valve, explained that providing excellent service is the best method to combat piracy. He added that, “The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.”

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    The infamous “You wouldn’t steal a car” commercial pushed back against piracy over 20 years ago. The ad has received its fair share of criticism over the years, but please humor me as I look at it from a different angle.

    If pirating digital content is akin to stealing a car, what is selling digital content and then revoking access without offering a refund? In this hypothetical world in which physical goods work the same way as digital content, what Sony is doing is like selling someone a DVD then breaking into their house and stealing it back after a few years.

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    • Blum0108@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      It’s akin to a dealership selling someone a car and then bricking it without warning because the manufacturer didn’t want the dealership selling that car anymore.