Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you're a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively to this kind of messaging, but men typically increase their piracy behaviors by 18%.
    • Anamana@feddit.de
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      9 months ago

      It’s funny how we see totally different effects there in regards to music, as all apps have almost all of the music. Spotify e.g. is so popular here that noone streams or downloads music illegally anymore. And you only need Spotify.

      The solution is simple. Cave to the labels in power and be ruthless to anyone else. This way you can have the whole catalogue of music in your app while surviving economically. Until… the enshitification becomes too strong again and we’ll have a piracy revival. And then a new service pops up again, etc…

      The circle of life of pop culture under capitalism.

        • Anamana@feddit.de
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          9 months ago

          Depends on your usecase. I would never go back. Spotify has release radar etc. It’s so much more convenient to find new music by your favourite artists or similar ones now.

      • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        The really stunning thing about music piracy was it was incredibly easy to do, and your entire catalogue could very easily be taken with you in your pocket and to new devices.

        It’s a miracle we all decided streaming was worth it, they really did make it a better experience than pirating.

        • Anamana@feddit.de
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          9 months ago

          I mean now you don’t even need your device anymore, the data is available from everyone’s device.

        • Anamana@feddit.de
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          9 months ago

          And that’s where Netflix etc went wrong. They still think it’s optional to offer the whole catalogue, but long-term it’s the only way these services can survive. Either via this or account sharing.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            Netflix was kind of not at fault in this. After they pioneered the streaming industry, proving it can be massively profitable to the very resistant studios, the studios yanked their licenses and content off Netflix and spun up their own crappy service, charging just as much as Netflix did for everything. Paramount with Star Trek is a great example of that. Oh, but that wasn’t enough. After getting everyone who was going to subscribe to Paramount for Star Trek to actually subscribe, then they sold the rights to HBO. They’ll slice the pie as many times as they can, selling the ever shrinking pieces for the former price of a whole pie. Netflix saw this coming years ago, which is why they tried so hard to create their own quality content, but it’s just not enough, and usually not good enough to stay subscribed.

            • Anamana@feddit.de
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              9 months ago

              Netflix saw this coming years ago, which is why they tried so hard to create their own quality content, but it’s just not enough, and usually not good enough to stay subscribed.

              Which is why you have to lick the boots of the studios as a streaming service. There’s not much more you can do if you want the whole catalogue. But mb that’s sth that’s just not profitable at this point. Because their cut would endanger your economic sustainability.

              But fucking over streaming services is also not a long-term successful strategy for studios if they want to battle piracy.

              So either they find enough common ground or illegal streaming etc will grow.

        • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.onlineEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I really enjoyed “The Strike” when I discovered them on Spotify, but all of a sudden I noticed all their best songs were gone from my playlists and I found out they made specific albums/songs exclusive to their Bandcamp/physical copies, so I bought them off Band Camp.

          I’ve always been kinda mixed on that move like, they clearly know which of their songs people really wanted, and decided to paywall them outside of a service I already pay for, which feels bad in principle. But at the same time, I like their music and I agree with them getting paid what they think they’re worth.

          I hove no clear cut thoughts or conclusions, but I can totally imagine different bands/artists trying to find the monetization strategy and platform that works for them and leading to bad experiences for consumers.

          • Anamana@feddit.de
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            9 months ago

            I think artists shouldn’t primarily see Spotify etc as a source for monetization, but a way to market their music. Like putting it on YouTube. Most money comes from tours and merch anyways.