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Fire TV: Amazon to block piracy apps in the future

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100 points speckx | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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GolfPopper ◴[31 Oct 25 17:44 UTC] No.45774667[source]▶
Piracy is just the excuse. What they're saying is that Amazon will allow a collection of corporations (including Amazon) to decide what you're allowed to do with the hardware they pretended to let you buy.
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freedomben ◴[31 Oct 25 18:04 UTC] No.45774875[source]▶
Indeed. I wonder if in these executive conversations anyone ever asks the question, "Music has been purchaseable now without DRM for quite a while. Why has music piracy essentially died but movies/TV shows/etc is still as hot as ever?"
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1. attendant3446 ◴[31 Oct 25 20:50 UTC] No.45776553[source]▶
I don't think it's DRM. When you subscribe to a music streaming service - you get 90+% of the music you'll ever need.

But you can't get the same subscription with movies/TV shows. You get a fraction of content with each subscription. When there will be a reasonably priced subscription for most of the video content - it will change the situation.

So in my opinion, it's not about DRM. It's about convenience.