At first this article reads like your typical anti-piracy screed. It rants about how 10x more people watched GoT illegally (confusing them with lost sales) and ends with how downloading movies can get your credit card stolen.
The middle of the article however, destroys the author’s case.
Time Warner (owning company of HBO) CEO Alan Bewkes stated in 2013 how becoming the most illegally streamed show in history was “better than an Emmy” and that torrenting ultimately led to more paid subscriptions.
“We’ve been dealing with this for 20, 30 years—people sharing subs, running wires down the backs of apartment buildings. Our experience is that it leads to more paying subs. I think you’re right that Game of Thrones is the most pirated show in the world and that’s better than an Emmy.”
The CEO of Time Warner, who knows more about the finances of his own show than ForeverGeek writer Tom Llewellyn, championed piracy and said that it brought them more subscribers rather than nearly destroying the show as the article claims.
Needless to say, Tom forwent a rebuttal in favor of writing how you can get malware from downloading it…
Anti-Piracy Propaganda: 0 Truth: 1
Oh come on you know what he meant. Can we please leave this Reddit-style “I can only read things literally as they appear and interpret them as per Websters dictionary and never allow any room for nuance unless it is my own statement, in which case anybody who disagrees with me just doesn’t understand what I’m saying” nonsense on Reddit?
HBO prior to HBO Max was the only streaming platform that required a cable subscription.
The difference is highly relevant to the discussion. They are very different ways to watch
Well yes obviously. I’m not sure where I said otherwise.
Actually I don’t think I did.
I’m not sure how you managed to master a belt buckle then.
Wow so when people admit they were mistaken you just kick em while they are down then? Must be nice to have never misread anything in your life.
If that was you saying you misunderstood then it was a pretty poor way of saying it. I would not have prodded you if you actually said anything remotely akin to “my mistake.”