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CMV: Dollar voting is the most effective tool the consumer has, therefore I should not pay into the current system and instead pirate movies if I want the movie/television industry to change.

I should preface this by saying im Danish and not American. Danish streaming and digital download options and prices are much worse. For example, in early 2016 there were 6.382 titles on American Netflix, but only 2.131 on the Danish one.

What I want the movie/television industry to offer me, is a streaming and downloading service, that offers as good an experience as pirating, where every single piece of commercially produced movie, TV-program and TV-series ever released in any country is available at an affordable price.
What do I mean by affordable? An often cited rule of thumb when it comes to video gaming, is that 1 hour played per 1 dollar paid is decent value. I would argue something similar would be fair for movies. Perhaps 50 cents for TV series/programs as they generally have lower production value and is more drawn out. In my country Deadpool is $20 on google play(older Marvel movies dosnt appear to be any cheaper). It’s a 1.8 hour movie, so it will be $11,11/hour, so ill need/want to watch it 11 times to reach my $1/hour “goal”. That might not be unrealistic for a few select great movies over a whole lifetime, but on average I probably only watch movies 2-3 times.

Its not that im just a cheapass who doesn’t want to pay for content. I support a few Youtubers on Patreon. I was a happy Netflix subscriber for a few years until they removed the option to easily use a VPN. I was a HBO subscriber while the most recent GoT season aired, but I was very disappointed that I couldn’t use it while on vacation in Germany, and had to resort to pirating to rewatch the old seasons. I very rarely pirate video games anymore, because Steam is better than pirating. I have 115 games in my steam library.

Ironically I have actually indirectly paid 100s of dollars in order to pirate over the years. Im paying for Plex, I have a faster internet connection than I actually need for improved torrenting, I have left my PC powered on many a night to down- and upload and I occasionally buy internal storage drives to store my pirated movies and external drives to take them with me. Its not unheard of for other pirates to pay a monthly subscription for a seedbox, make contributions to torrent sites and build dedicated torrent and streaming home servers. It’s a clear sign of a stagnant movie industry that they havnt been able to tap into this revenue stream I, and other like me, have spent on pirating these past few decades in a more efficient way.

If I pay into the current system, like subscribing to the danish Netflix or buying movies at $20, ill make the industry think they are currently offering a fair price to content ratio. While by not paying into the current system im forcing the industry to adapt if they want me as a customer. Either by them making the choice to lower their prices or improving content, or by making them go bankrupt and making room for new companies better intone with the new reality of the internet age.
gpt
Dollar voting is most effective, but that is consuming or not consuming. You do not have a right to steal. That is still criminal action. 

If you do not want to support the system then you should not watch movies at all.