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Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains - Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees.(www.bloomberg.com)

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Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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ksgt69@lemm.ee
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Oh no. Poor Hollywood. Darn.

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sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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not my problem

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NullPointer@programming.dev
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“your failed business model is not my problem”

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Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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sparking concerns on Wall Street that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was

Obligatory fuck Wall Street

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shastaxc@lemm.ee
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Yeah this was the entire reason streaming was successful. It was cheaper than cable. Did they think more money would appear from nothing?

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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They always think that.

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Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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All my homies hate wall street

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Feliberto@programming.dev
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I’ve been doing this for free.

Meme: You guys are getting paid?

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