Not going to lie, i think most consumers will take this lying down and that’s what Sony is betting on. The amount that actually turn to piracy is so small, and the price hike easily makes up for the customers they’d lose. I’d say most people on Lemmy know how to pirate (if not are pirating already) so it’s a bit of an echo chamber here where we assume everybody is just going to pirate so as to stop lining Sony’s pockets.

[–] SynAck@corteximplant.com 1 points 8 months ago

@KravenTheHunter @trackcharlie plus, it gives them a reason to justify the higher prices because they have to be protected from all those big, bad pirates out there taking food out of their kids mouths by not paying their extortionary rental fees.

They're actually counting on people to pirate stuff to create some weird sense of inflated value for their products.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

In my experience the main issue with piracy is the ads.

Nothing better than trying to watch a show with my kid then having an ad pop-up with a girl fucking herself

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been pirating for years and never encountered an ad beyond subtitle ads. Is this anime specific or something?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nah the anime sites I use either don't have ads or have normal ads.

It's the movie sites I use that have constant explicit pop-ups

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, I stick to torrenting. Pirate stream websites have always seemed sketchy to me.

[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You're not using adblocker?

Edit: Just read the other commenter. Where do you watch shows with your kids? TV or Computer? If it's on Desktop or Laptop it's easy af, but Smart TV less so but not impossible.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Ever heard of BitTorrent? Just get the video and watch it locally

[–] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Adblockers or torrents mate. I've not seen an ad in over 18 years.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've been meaning to look into adblockers but I really only use these sites for shit that's not on streaming services so I don't really think about it until it arises

[–] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 8 months ago

Firefox + ublock origin would be your best scenario for privacy and security. Privacy because all these ads track your page loads and attempt to generate a unique id for your browser based on your loading time of certain pixels, and security because nearly half of all ads (and more than half of all links on google search and nearly all ads on google search) are viral loads just waiting for an accidental click.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or just get it so you don't have ads on YouTube

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do adblockers work on smart TVs? That's the only time I use YouTube.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If your TV is Android based then there's the SmartTube app. YouTube without the ads and tracking.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Look into dns ad blocker, you can avoid a lot of ads on your entire network with this "one simple trick ". No additional hw or sw needed.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's 2024 man, tormenting a movie takes about 10 minutes and then you neither have to worry about ads nor connectivity for the rest of the movie

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm gonna be honest, I've tried torrenting before and maybe I'm just an idiot (most likely), but I've never been good at figuring out which fuckin button is the actual download button and I'm tired of ghosting my pc

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

If you set up qbittorrent with the built-in search you can torrent stuff without ever opening your browser

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like 90% of your problem is ads then. Or going to shitty sites. Get on a decent tracker - even the good old one - and have an adblocker installed

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't listen to this guy. He exists to overcomplicate things because he's just trying to fit in with other losers.

Download an adblocker. Stop using 'smart' features. Hook your computer up to your TV and get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo.

This isn't difficult, or complicated.

[–] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why do you have torment it? What has it ever done wrong to you? 😭

/j

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[–] maness300@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Use an adblocker.