Since October 2023, relentless high-profile media reports have warned that UK-based users of pirate streaming services run a serious risk of arrest. Those claims sit in contrast to comments made by the head of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) in a recent interview. Detective Chief Inspector Emma Warbey concedes that people who use pirate devices are largely able to do so “without risk of arrest.” That doesn’t mean entirely without risk, however.
It’s a greed problem. I was perfectly content paying for Netflix but then they doubled the price and halved the content. Ok, sure, whatever, it’s still better than cable. Then other players also wanted a piece of the pie so they fragmented the content by making their own shitty services. Now you have to have Netflix, PrimeVideo, Disney+ and HBO Max just to get a semidecent experience. And yet, despite paying for 4 fucking streaming services, 90% of the movies I wanna watch are still behind yet another fucking paywall within these streaming services.