First off, I don't pirate. I used to, but now I just don't agree with it. I used to be able to justify it, based on the increasing prices coinciding with the increasing limitations on the content I was paying for. If I pay $60 for an item, I want to be able to use it how I please, and not have new limitations added just to create new avenues of revenue for the content maker.
But with the rise of Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Steam, Gamefly, and all of the other content providers in this new generation, those justifications were gone and I could happily purchase content as I saw fit.
Until content makers decided they didn't like the new system and would instead try to kill it.
This from The Oatmeal. This is how I feel everytime I try to watch Game of Thrones, Archer, Chuck, and any multitude of other shows that I used to be able to get via legitimate digital channels but now my options are only to pirate it or not watch it in my preffered method. I guess I could pay the exhorbant price to purchase it in another method that is not my viewing choice, but that just seems counter to what I actually want.
Thanks for screwing consumers, content providers. I won't pirate, but I choose to not consume.
~Jones Out