A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

170 points

Well, since I don’t own what I buy, I don’t see how pirating is anything other than getting something from a cheaper distributor.

After all, how can I steal something that can’t be owned?

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31 points

You see, streaming is a service and you choosing to not use their service is… uhmm… theft!

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4 points

hahaha such entitlement from them, right?

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7 points

Yeah, I’m just watching/playing the content, I’m fine doing that without the license, which is the paid part anyway, right?

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People are being exploited and screwed over left and right. Piracy is not even a blip on the radar.

If society was built on moral rules and honest behavior, then maybe people should feel bad about pirating. But this society? Lols.

I struggle to even see the difference from slavery on most days.

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When companies treat you as a criminal even when you do try to do everything their way, it really becomes hard to care.

The way many companies act, you’d think they believe that you have to be a sucker to buy/use their own products.

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15 points

Even when honest, I can approve the piracy in those days, as companies exploit everything, it acceptable for me.

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70 points

Young people under 30

as opposed to old people under 30, like me! Still pirate though

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8 points

what about young people over 30 though?

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2 points

Specifically excluding the ones who are exactly 30, since those transcend the confines of young and old.

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5 points

I think regular people who started to use the internet during the 90s and 2000s tend to know how to pirate more than the ones who started using them at a later decade.

excludig techie people here because

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63 points

As a Norwegian I talked to some acquaintances about a TV-series they liked and I asked “Cool, where can I watch it?”. Then we all just looked at each other and laughed.

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12 points

I would laugh too

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3 points

Norway is so expensive 😬 even for us Swiss people

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Yeah, it is almost as if the companies operating in the area are price gouging on the basis of workers’ salaries 🤔

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31 points

Honestly, I’m surprised it’s only 50%. They don’t have a cost of living crisis there?

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7 points

I suppose they don’t use their superlatives quite that inflationarily.

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5 points

Well, 50% of young people asked were willing to admit to their piracy lol

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2 points

Not really. Just stay away from the capital/Oslo.

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