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    • TheImpressiveX@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, it boggles me why Universal would do this. It feels like they’re leaving money on the table.

      Maybe it’s not performing as well as they’d hoped?

      • UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukMEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        The studios must realise that once it’s PVOD, your giving a perfect copy to the pirates!

        • TheImpressiveX@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
          6·
          1 day ago

          I don’t think piracy has that big of an effect on box office.

          Most people don’t know how to pirate properly and are too afraid of “viruses” and navigating file systems to do it.

          If piracy really were that big of a problem, they wouldn’t be doing this.

          • haywire@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            22 hours ago

            It’s about making it easily available so it’s more effort to pirate it. If it’s available on a streaming service you already have or you can purchase it for not a lot then most people will take the easy way out and pay.

            • Link@rentadrunk.orgEnglish
              2·
              5 hours ago

              Is it really more effort to pirate? I’m not sure I agree with that. Plus it means you don’t need to deal with stupid DRM that restricts you to 720p or lower just because you choose to use Linux…

              That said if I enjoy a film I will absolutely by the Blu-ray. That way I get the best version and I own it unlike streaming services.

              • TheImpressiveX@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
                2·
                3 hours ago

                Is it really more effort to pirate? I’m not sure I agree with that.

                Relative to your own experience and tech expertise, it’s easier. Look at this through the eyes of an average person. More people use smartphones than computers/laptops (and if they use laptops, it’s likely that they’re running a locked-down OS like ChromeOS). They probably don’t even know what a file or folder/directory is, much less a “torrent”.

                “So you’re telling me I need to install this app that’s not on the official App Store to ‘download’ a movie, in the process exposing my IP address and potentially getting me in hot water with my ISP? Sounds dangerous to my security, better stick with Netflix and Amazon Prime.”