Comment by spwa4
15 hours ago
But you must realize, the alternative to this is that some very wealthy Spanish companies ... lose a small amount of money.
Surely you understand now. Go about your business, poor person.
15 hours ago
But you must realize, the alternative to this is that some very wealthy Spanish companies ... lose a small amount of money.
Surely you understand now. Go about your business, poor person.
They don't even "lose a small amount of money." They simply gain less money than usual for a short period of time. Think of how rough that is for them.
I think it's even that they "gain less money than they could if everyone watching illegally would pay for it when they could not watch illegally" (that's usually how companies crying "piracy" calculate "losses" — "let's assume everyone watching illegally would certainly still watch it and pay the full price").
Arguably they even gain more money in the long run, because more people have access to their entertainment and they have more opportunities to form life long connections with consumers.
I once remember reading an article about shareholders selling off a stock because the rate of increase in profit had slowed.
There is nothing wrong with that. Stock price is based on perceived future value , not current company profits.
In all fairness, the Spanish economy is a mine, a farm and a soccer league in a trenchcoat. Better than Ireland which is 2 tax shelters in a trenchcoat, but not by much. Not surprisingly, they are the 2 most left leaning countries in Europe. To be fair, they had an actual fascist government in Spain for several decades and there were atrocities committed.
Ireland, the country with 2 center right parties that differ with regards to patronage networks and political history from 1940, is one of the most left-wing leaning countries in Europe?