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submitted 1 year ago by Oneandonlyzach@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

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[–] archomrade@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why am I seeing this capitalist apologia on a pirating forum?

It makes them 'scammers' because:

they are calling it a purchase, but its not a purchase. It's a lease.
the rental price is arbitrary anyway. It costs them the same to stream the media, if it's $25 or $0.25. Hell, it costs them the same if they stream it as a purchase as it does to stream it as a rental.
you don't have any legal option to control your own digital full res copy of any media that you pay for, but they take your money anyway so you can pretend that you do.

I consider that to be a scam.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think you know what a scam is. The terms of the purchase are spelled out clearly and nobody is being deceived.