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A lot of average people will also pirate if it's cheap and the UI is good. There was a pretty brisk business selling cheap hacked firetv sticks to people for that


When ever is pirating not cheap? Isn't that the whole point?


Less technically inclined users can be tricked into paying for pirated content, especially if the free way requires a little set up or work.


That would be ballsy. I could see a rebranded PopcornTime as a monthly subscription platform that gain some attraction. However, I'd imagine that majority would be from lawyers. For a country that doesn't give a damn about IP laws, this might be an interesting start up




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