Piracy is justified after locking consumer purchases behind new hardware [video]

[macsparrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DvOF-giJQ

[i8comments]

Piracy websites dont sell my data on what i like to watch.

They are good to avoid government surveillance.

[squigz → i8comments]

How do you know what piracy websites do or don't do with your data?

[yellowapple → squigz]

It's hard to do anything with data you don't have in the first place.

[loa_in_ → squigz]

I imagine they don't ask for it and they can't really force you to give it up so it's... better

[xacky]

Isn't this the same as companies dropping software support for Windows 7/8.1?

[brokenmachine → xacky]

The $2500 worth of "purchases" were made inaccessible on the working device that she still owned.