this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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Thanks to piracy, in the media history, prices had to adjust to the people's pockets. Buying an original CD in the 90s was really expensive. Then, because of it was just for rich people, thanks to piracy, prices fell and were more affordable. Even tho it was still expensive, then Napster and all preceding came, and we got Spotify. Which even tho is rental, you have a gigantic catalog and musicians would still get revenue even they were able to avoid the wall of publishers. So it was a two-way benefit. For games, we got steam after the big piracy of the 90s. If I see a title that has a reasonable price, I pay for it.