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Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Radarr and Sonarr. Look them up and stop giving Amazon money.

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  • [+] -29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That is illegal. Buy Blurays if you aren't into piracy.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Buying Isn’t Owning, Piracy Isn’t Stealing.

    The vast majority of the new content cannot be obtained on blurays anymore. So the only way to "Buy" the content is "licensing" digital copies of it that still has the verbiage of "buy" on the "store" that you purchase it from.

    Yeah, no pity for the piracy.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Buying Isn’t Owning, Piracy Isn’t Stealing.

    That's why nobody got charged with theft, they were charged with criminal copyright infringement. Which carries a much larger punishment than just stealing a disc from your local big box store.

    So the only way to "Buy" the content is "licensing" digital copies of it that still has the verbiage of "buy" on the "store" that you purchase it from.

    You don't "buy" the content, you buy a license to use the content in a way that the copyright holder seems acceptable. And if you don't like it, fuck you, cause corporations are more people than people.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    That’s why nobody got charged with theft, they were charged with criminal copyright infringement.

    Copyright infringement is the act of SHARING it. Not the act of downloading it. That's why they were charged with that. Has nothing to do with the act of obtaining pirated content.

    And if you don’t like it, fuck you

    Nah, fuck you.

    Edit: /s on the last part in case it wasn't clear, cause... well text.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    My phone can't play BluRay disks.
    My computer can't natively play BluRay disks.
    My iPad can't play them.

    My only option is to pay for yet another HDMI device because of BluRay's DRM and sit down in front of a TV that I may not actually even own. That's both an additional waste of money and inconvient compared to watching an episode on my phone during lunch.

    Or I can use software to crack the DRM and rip the disk to video files, which is a violation of the DMCA and brings us right back to being illegal.

    Fuck streaming services, but also fuck DRM-encumbered pieces of plastic and foil. I'll buy the movie on a subscription-free service as a token gesture and pirate it.

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