now why the fuck were we all scared of a rumor that the world was gonna end in 2012 but don’t care at all when it’s confirmed to end in less than 25 years??
Tyler been pulling the same shit since 2021 (did weird things under the guise of 'projects' to my friends and I), 5 years later and we're still at it. My sympathy to the victims, we really need to keep him and gf out of our spaces
this app is becoming an open demonstration on how y’all’s dependence on AI will surrender the construction of reality to corporations even more than it already has been
When his user was neonbanditox,tyler and his partner robin had a history of harassing clique artists in dms to participate in their collab which 50/50 is usually announced at inappropriate times as well as if collabs are made and they got outed the whole collab got abandoned+
Piracy is inconvenient.
No, really. That's it.
The problem arises when purchasing your product is even more inconvenient.
- Cost beyond what a working person is reasonably willing to pay (*)
- Not on the customer's preferred platform
- Insufficient supply
- No longer available
- Not available in your area/country
These make piracy the more appealing option.
(*) Remember that you are competing with other forms of entertainment for a customer's *discretionary* income. Not the gross, not the net, only that tiny little part that might be left after taxes and essential living expenses.
Other entertainment that might include food, beer, cigarettes...
You're competing against those on a 'per-hour of distraction' basis.
taking down piracy sites is playing whack a mole. you're never going to win
what beats piracy, as demonstrated 15 years ago, is making legal consumption easy, cheap, and safe. Netflix and Prime was killing piracy
then they split up content and jacked up prices and it's back