• daisy lazarus@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I may or may not have been pirating media for over 20 years and this song and dance will never end.

    Sure, the well known torrent sites have marginally less content and seeds than before but my Plex server may or may not still be packed full of classics and the latest releases.

    The above may or may not be purely fictional and victimless. And no, I wouldn’t “steal a handbag.” Handbags aren’t infinite digital replicas, and handbag owners don’t drive supercars.

    (I draw the line at software largely due to the risks, and partly due to Mac apps and Adobe suite being locked down pretty well. I’m happy to pay for software regardless. Netflix and Amazon on the other hand…)

    • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Shit, I didn’t just pirate all the movies and TV shows I consume, but I also stole the server that hosts my Servarr stack that I download them onto from my last corporate job.

      Yo ho ho, mateys, and a bottle of VPNs!

      • jpablo68@infosec.pub
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        1 hour ago

        I pay for Netflix and get other shows that interest me elsewhere, they are few and come out every two years or so.