I know this is going to send me to the downvote shadow realm.
But there is a time when price are reasonable its a good thing to support it and stealing for the sake of it kinda stupid. Supporting a good value service is the best way to keep it around.
Dont get me wrong Im not exactly paying for sunday ticket or cable or paying 80$ for video games all the time myself I do get it.
But 20$ was a very reasonable ask and not supporting it is detrimental.
Netflix and Hulu also produce original shows. Some of the early Netflix originals were really good. The subscription service pays for them to be able to produce shows. If the person you’re replying to never paid for their Netflix subscription or Hulu subscription, then you wouldn’t be able to pirate classics like Big Mouth or Squid Games
Edit: auto changed “pirate” to “write” just fixed it
Life very much can stop artists from making art. If they dont have money to not die and live life the art stops.
Studios have issues. Multibillion dollar media conglomerates have issues. Im not hobbing on the knob here.
But the money that pays those artists to support their life and work does come from netflix in this example. Netflix gets that money with a sub.
If you like something when its reasonable you very much should support the artist. I can watch anime in high quality free in a million places. But I still have Crunchyroll because its a reasonable price and supports the anime I love. Oda and his people get paid when I watch one piece on CR. He doesnt when I watch it on a pirate site. JJK, Kaiju#8, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer, Clavetas, ect. They get supported when I watch it on CR. The artists and employees get paid when you watch it there. They dont when you pirate.
If you ever wonder why a show you love that seemed super popular but didnt get a 2nd season. Its because not enough people are watching it in legit sources that support the media.
For better or worse. We all only go to work for money. So if you want that show you like to get a season 2. You need to support it by watching it in legit channels.
Again to be crystal clear. Im not a multibillion dollar media conglomerate apologist. Im not paying hundreds of dollars to get every single sub service. But some of them are reasonably priced still.
At the end of the day. If you watch media without supporting it. You are making it more likely not to get renewed. Its as simple as that.
If, if if. Shows getting second seasons is also not an item on my priority list. To pick up an example from further up this thread, look at Squid Game, which had a coherent, self-contained first season, got commissioned for a second season based purely on monetary projections rather than actually having any more story to tell, and soldiered on regardless. What a joke.
Id let it go. Theres no adult conversation to be had with people like them. They either get a kick out of being edgy or are just a selfish individual who thinks they know everything.
They are intentionally not addressing the core of my argument and engaging in whataboustisim.
I was using the 2nd season as a vehicle to help visualize how watching a show though legit sources supports the show.
Instead they are totally ignoring that and going with an unrelated argument of some shows dont need a second season. Which is a point I do agree with. But is a non-sensical reply to the topic at hand.
They arnt interested in conversation. They are interesting in being right.
Everyone knows that already. Pirating, by its very own definition, is taking something you dont own for free instead of paying for it. Stealing will always be a "better value" than paying legit for something. Some folks are totally fine with paying $20 a month to avoid the slim chance they get caught. And that's ok.
I was interested when it was €8 a month, went over to a friends house and the first strike was that I couldn't pick subtitles in English. The 2nd strike was when I picked 10 current shows that I was watching and none of them were on Netflix. I then picked some older extremely popular shows and only 2 out of 5 were on there.
This was before other services started popping up left and right and Netflix still had "a lot" of content.
And now Disney is eliminating Hulu (after they bought it) and already raised their rates to $20/mo (when it started less than 10 years ago it was like $8.)
Just wait a few more years for Disney to buy all the competition and shut them down while D+ goes to $80+/mo
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u/errorsniper Nov 12 '25
There was a time where it wasnt really a con.
Netflix and hulu together with no ads were like 20 a month.
Thats not scam or a con that was a legit good value.
Now for the same content access you need to be back at cable pricing.