Jul 23, 2020, 06:10 am
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy has been hit too. I can buy media, hardware, etc, but new releases are delayed and so there's much less material to pirate.
Also the economic effects make it hard to go to the big cities, where things happen, and it's very hard to find a new job to move from the countryside and get decent Internet.
Even with fiber options available, income decreased and we need to save, just in case. I'm currently using 4G mobile network with a 1GB/day limit, downloading a game will basically lock me out until next month. Even a medium-quality DVD encode is a problem now.
In times of social distancing and quarantines, electronic distribution seems to be a great thing, just not everybody can get Netflix, Pandora, Steam, even Facebook, and demand is actually rising.
That's why, more than ever, piracy is needed. Maybe even justified.
Also the economic effects make it hard to go to the big cities, where things happen, and it's very hard to find a new job to move from the countryside and get decent Internet.
Even with fiber options available, income decreased and we need to save, just in case. I'm currently using 4G mobile network with a 1GB/day limit, downloading a game will basically lock me out until next month. Even a medium-quality DVD encode is a problem now.
In times of social distancing and quarantines, electronic distribution seems to be a great thing, just not everybody can get Netflix, Pandora, Steam, even Facebook, and demand is actually rising.
That's why, more than ever, piracy is needed. Maybe even justified.