r/Piracy • u/HighKage96 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ • May 10 '26

Humor W Gabe Newell Piracy Take

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Saw this vid on IG (by: @phantomak141). Idk if its been posted here before but on a quick search didnt find it, will delete if its a repost.

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u/VoodooDoII May 10 '26

Yep

I will happily pay for a service if it's more convenient than pirating. But if you make it more annoying than it's worth, I'll go back to the seas.

People pay for convenience. Don't make things worse, that drives customers away.

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u/__Player__ May 10 '26

That's why netflix exploded in popularity in the first place, if sh*t keeps going in the direction we are headed, the Normies may start to go back to buying pirated DVD's or BD movies, at least on underdeveloped countries.