For those people that wonder why consumers still torrent movies and TV series, here's your reason. And while media companies continue this behaviour, piracy will continue unabated.
Things like subtitles and even audio tracks has to be the laziest mistakes by these companies. How hard can it be to copy all subtitle files to all folder in the CDN? (I know, it's probably a bit more complicated than that, but it can't be much).
If an movie doesn't even have the original audio track, it'll just lead me to unsubscribe faster.
Subtitles have copyright. Therefore, subtitles need to be licensed. Licensing is a shitshow, ergo Netflix does not have a license for EN subtitles in Japan, and does not care enough about its experience to reproduce English subtitles.
You do not own most forms of content/entertainment you consume. Maybe the only exception is what you created yourself and haven't sold the rights of.
This applies to all forms of content/entertainment consumers would like to enjoy in perpetuity. It's a tale as old as money. People will try to find new ways to generate money from creating things (example: NFT) and other people will try to find new ways to circumvent paying for it (bad example: take a screenshot of said NFT).
Most consumers might pay for 'fair' agreements, but don't like it when the agreement is altered. And when the consumer complains about that, the creator/company quotes Darth Vader that they should pray they won't alter it any further.
I do not disagree with both sides. I understand making money is important. I can also understand that stripping away those initial rights of the license is not fair.
The problem with copyright is that it's enforced by governments — who have monopoly on the use of force. NFTs are not enforced by governments, so they're just this funny cringy thing some people engage in, and that some other people, like me, make fun of.
