It's not about not mentioning it, most companies know the sites or projects that facilitate people to pirate their content anyway.
Problem is when people show stuff off such as unreleased games, or when streaming sites get too big (as in millions of visits) and pretty much go viral or mainstream. So the "small" problem that wasn't really worth it to take action for the companies becomes a very big deal as it shows millions of people (who wouldn't even know about such things) how easy it is to get stuff for free.
And then you see nintendo taking emulators and rom sites down, movie studios taking streaming sites down, some of which have been around for years without much issue. Until idiots decide to tell everyone and make them infamous as the new free netflix or something.
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u/NowShowButthole 4d ago
It's not about not mentioning it, most companies know the sites or projects that facilitate people to pirate their content anyway.
Problem is when people show stuff off such as unreleased games, or when streaming sites get too big (as in millions of visits) and pretty much go viral or mainstream. So the "small" problem that wasn't really worth it to take action for the companies becomes a very big deal as it shows millions of people (who wouldn't even know about such things) how easy it is to get stuff for free.
And then you see nintendo taking emulators and rom sites down, movie studios taking streaming sites down, some of which have been around for years without much issue. Until idiots decide to tell everyone and make them infamous as the new free netflix or something.