Internet enables most, if not all the piracy.
Wow… this is at least 3 times the world money stock worth of damage!
Poor service enables most, if not all piracy.
The mitochondria enables most, if not all, piracy.
One could say it powers most, if not all, piracy.
Mitochondria the powerhouse of
the cellpiracy.lol why do we all remember this irrespective of language. i speak austrian and many here know it too. xD
It’s fascinating, I’ve heard it online and in person from multiple nationalities.
In our case it’s not so special because my mother tongue is German…Your comment about speaking Austrian reminded me of one of my many visits to Germany. I was at the Oktoberfest in München and my group got chatting to a local, whereupon he proudly proclaimed: “Here… you are not in Germany; you are in Bavaria!” Made us chuckle :-)
Austria is atleast a real country (other than Bavaria) and from a recent travel to Vienna I can tell that Austrian is - while closely related to German - a language on its own.
Atleast in countries with some sort of internet access. For example Cuba enjoyed current movies and shows despite a strict US/Western embargo through a combination of smuggled USB pen drives and a peer-to-peer radio network.
The real enablers are the guy who make the movies and tv shows in the first place. If they don’t make stuff, no one would pirate that stuff.
rare amazon win
This is just “android sticks allow sideloading apps”. Nothing Amazon specific to any of this.
Yeah, but asking film/tv producers for permission would kill my content collection!
Ask by writing a letter that says if you don’t reply it means it’s okay, then the tricky part happens, you need to fold the letter into an airplane and throw it in the direction of Hollywood, ideally into a trash bin, or paper shredder.
Oh no! Anyway…
If Big Media is losing all this money, why aren’t they claiming these losses on their taxes?
Is it because the haven’t lost a dime?
They do
What formula do they use to calculate these losses? Are there guidelines posted by the IRS?
I’m sure they do what all huge corporations do.
Make shit up and then say “oops, sorry, here’s a tiny fraction of the profits we made keeping that money for so long as a fine teehee”.
Just leaving this here : https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
This is battle they can’t win and it just makes everything stupid trying.
To be frank it’s not Amazon’s problem.
Its the content publishers problem.
And Amazon isn’t enabling this, they’re just making an Android device.
The users are putting software onto the device.
This article sets a dangerous precedent. That if Amazon doesn’t lock the firestick down like Apple that they’re enabling piracy.
Its not Googles nor Microsoft’s responsibilities either. They helped, probably solely for money, but they’re not obligated to continue to update their DRM.
This article should have framed how DRM repeatedly hasn’t worked.
They should just remove the DRM from all streaming services. The fact that new TV shows can be downloaded within minutes of airing is a good indicator that it doesn’t work for its intended purpose. It just makes me find another source since I can’t watch them using my preferred browser and operating system.
I do the exact same thing in my Chromecast w/GTV (yes, and also a firestick 4K).
These are android devices, and that’s how android works and competes with Crapple (full disclosure, I also hate Google).
Amazon is already locking down the fire stick. A few years ago you could easily modify the software via adb, deactivate the updater, uninstall the menu. In the meantime they made it much harder, luckily I modified mine in time.
The more piracy the better imo. And I don’t need to explain why anymore, that is obvious
Over twenty years since launch, the DRM solutions provided by Google and Microsoft are in steep decline. A complete overhaul of the technology architecture, licensing, and support model is needed. **Lack of engagement with content owners indicates this a low priority.**It’s funny that even the techbros don’t like them
Because the content industry is do destitute. They aren’t making billions?
All pirates drink water. What is water doing to stop piracy?
Lately Ars Technica seems quite intent on losing any quality they had.
What kind of boot licking, inaccurate, non-news shit is this?
The only potential reason for this article is farming engagement bait clicks from people who don’t know shit about fire sticks, and from people like us stunned at the stupidity.
Or because they are a media company with a media owner/parent company that has an interest in directing public opinion that piracy bad mkay.
Publishers under the impression that they somehow deserve “billion of dollars” more money than they already get for checks notes being a middleman.
Bro… Have you thought about the “artist and the creatove”?!
At least one thing Amazon does right then!
following this argument this article is also enabling piracy by giving people good ideas 💡
Yes focus on Amazon, the only known way to pirate…
