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Originally Posted by Nathan
Shutting down MU simply shifted that 4% somewhere else. That's like saying we should not fight drug lords since it does not change the consumption of drugs much.
Wait and see what happens if 90% of all file lockers die. I can guarantee there will be an increase in sales.
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That's not really a good example... No you shouldn't really even bother to fight drug lords, because there's always going to be one to pop up and take his place, hence the useless and counterproductive war on drugs (much like piracy). The way to end the negative effects of the drug trade is to legalize and regulate drugs so that criminal gangs no longer have a stake in a lucrative and violent multibillion dollar trade - you win the drug trade through the judiciary, not policing (much like piracy!).
And there may or may not be an increase in sales - there's no way to know that the people who use and possibly pay for file lockers are really the same market who pays for porn.
However, I'm sure you have read the MU docs and seen that most of their revenue came from premium memberships - so I would have thought that it was more the Manwin way to adapt to a membership and content delivery model that a lot of people obviously like, and offer a product in that arena with (mostly) legal content.