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For too long imo, piracy had become a "grab it all" environment. The old "Caring is Sharing" mantra seems to have disappeared. So maybe, this Lemmy could revert back 20-30 years to become a real sharing community. IDK.

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[–] hawkwind@lemmy.management 34 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The thing with piracy these days is there is a huge fear of legal burden AND extreme protectiveness to prevent takedowns. It's the same thing as being a gang member and suspicious of new blood being undercover cops. Once you find actual piracy that works, the last thing you want to do is post publicly about it!

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

What are new people who actually aren't cops supposed to do?

[–] hawkwind@lemmy.management 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It used to be that just being on the internet made you trusted enough to get the warez. I don't know how to keep the movement alive with big brother watching out for his homies so hard. Decentralize, encrypt and anonymize I suppose. BT needs an overhaul to prevent attribution. Ten bucks says it's easily possibile but the VPN companies who have our back will lobby against it, lol.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds quite messy. I... Am not smart enough to do that stuff, unfortunately.

[–] hawkwind@lemmy.management 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am not ambitious enough unfortunately, and probably not smart enough either.

It's a game of leapfrog and it's at a little bit of a stalemate because people just pay $5/mo. for a VPN. It was a monetization race and that's were we landed. I'm sure copyright holders are not happy with that, but there's no incentive to develop or change anything because who doesn't have $5/mo?

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of VPNs nowadays don’t even have port forwarding and such though, including Mullvad as of recently. Not to mention how many of them end up being compromised relatively easily.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of VPNs nowadays don't even have port forwarding and such though, including Mullvad as of recently. Not to mention how many of them end up being compromised relatively easily.

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