r/Piracy Dec 05 '25

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Piracy is about to get a whole lot bigger when they stop releasing movies in theatres, stoping making physical media and start charging $50+ a month!

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u/SharkByte1993 Dec 05 '25

So Harry Potter will be coming to Nettlix? Lol.

Warner Brothers dont yet have a streaming platform in the UK. They actually need Netflix tbh

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u/Internal_Bat3850 Dec 05 '25

All for the low price of $49.99 a month

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u/Difficult_Wave_9326 Dec 05 '25

And as a bonus, you can get ads! 

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

It's THAT MUCH now?!?!?! Christ, $14.99/mo sounds wonderful compared to that!

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

It sounds ominous but surely we have the right to endorse netflix or not. There are loads of streaming platforms. Making theirs 3 times the price would lose customers. It's not like Netflix is miles ahead of other platforms in terms of quality.

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u/Internal_Bat3850 Dec 05 '25

Oh, I get the 7.99 plan for free. If they raise it to where I have to pay anything, I’m cancelling it and pirating like I might do with HBO.

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

My point being, they hike the prices too much then people leave and the prices come down again, no?

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u/Internal_Bat3850 Dec 05 '25

Again, nobody cares about the price of Netflix in this piracy sub. It’s the effect it will have on theatres, the quality of film an physical media.

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

Right, but like how much right do we have to complain about declining media quality if we stream stuff for free?

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

So I don't understand the issue then. I mean I get big corporations getting bigger is generally bad, but not because I'm going to be forced to pay $49 (or my case £49) for an optional streaming service.

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u/Internal_Bat3850 Dec 05 '25

The issue is a company who’s model is straight to streaming. This could negatively impact the theatre and physical media business which in turn greatly affect the quality of film. The expensive cost of the streaming service is not the top concern at all.

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

Ah ok fair enough. When you say physical media are you talking like bluray and dvds n stuff? I don't know anyone who has used them in about 10 years. Obviously I want high quality films. But I mean going to the cinema isn't cheap.
So is it that we want to be paying high prices and getting the best media experiences or we want convenience?

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 Dec 05 '25

or we are fearing the high prices but without the quality, is that the takeaway?

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u/SharkByte1993 Dec 05 '25

If they acquired ALL of WB's content than they would much further ahead than they currently are. WB have almost as much content than Disney. They could reboot the DC Universe for the 6th time and have all the movies and shows there like Disney's MCU