Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 个月前This was the original control for cable TV. And if you bribed the install guy with cash he would set it to give you premium channels you didn't pay forlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThis was the original control for cable TV. And if you bribed the install guy with cash he would set it to give you premium channels you didn't pay forlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 个月前message-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarePaulBunyan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 个月前If you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 个月前If the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.
minus-squaresomedev@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 个月前And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business. Edit: deleted my duplicate comment - not sure why that happened :S
minus-squareMickey7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 个月前wrong. Back then they had no way to track it
minus-squarePaulBunyan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 个月前If you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.
minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 个月前But part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners
If you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.
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If the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.
And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.
Edit: deleted my duplicate comment - not sure why that happened :S
wrong. Back then they had no way to track it
If you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.
But part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners