Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
I mostly play smaller or indie games, which have less aggressive monetization.<p>If I were to go and play the latest AAA like Assassin&#x27;s Creed or whatever, I would definitely pirate it, but the game doesn&#x27;t call to me anyway. Not only due to pricing and additional monetization, but mainly to remove the invasive DRM these kinds of titles use.<p>YouTube Premium I do the janky family sharing thing that makes the price tolerable, but it pays creators better so that&#x27;s good.<p>Spotify, I&#x27;m on the verge of just going and pirating all the songs I want, because their UI is optimized for <i>entirely</i> the opposite way I listen to music (this could be a rant by itself).<p>Movies, I never stopped pirating. Just figuring out where I can find a movie in the quality and language I want requires being up to date on the existence, platform support, and terms of like 10 services. And yes, justwatch exists but A) I only watch like one movie a month, but most movies can&#x27;t be rented, and are only available in a subscription which is a hassle to sign up and cancel every month, not to mention the expense. Versus pirating, where I can use 1 piece of software that will aggregate all the movies and series in the world and provide with an unified access.