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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years::undefined
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How much has total web traffic increased in the same time? I feel like the number is meaningless without something to compare it to.
I can’t think of anything in the last four years that would cause an increase in total web traffic. /s
please seed
It’s amazing that the industry pushed this so hard. Once users get a taste of piracy they’re going to keep coming back for more. It’s almost like putting all the content behind extraordinarily specific walled gardens (region locks) was putting short term profit ahead of long term gains. The industry could have been less restrictive if people thought they would have access to their collections forever.
A while back I was watching Mad Men on Amazon and in the middle of season 6 I was asked to pay for the rest. With so many easy to use high-seas services out there anyone can guess what happened next.
"the more you squeeze, the more sand trickles through your fingers“
The industry doesn’t believe in that expression.
I was happy to pay to access content. Then it changed. First with the content getting worse and the price increases, but then - and this was the straw that broke the camel’s back - when Netflix made the no account sharing decision.
I’m a single person household, and I don’t watch much TV. I can’t justify that shit. “But the lowest tier” - fuck no. I’m not paying for a low bitrate 720p stream with ads.
If they had been just a little less greedy, I’d have happily continued giving them £18/month for literally the rest of my life, but no. They have to chase infinite growth.
I already had a Plex server for films and stuff that weren’t available on Netflix, but now I’ve gone full piracy.
You give them an inch and they take a mile: this is why we cannot concede! If they want us back, they’ll have to put a message in a bottle!
It’s only partly about the money adding up from all these streaming services. The other element is that usenet, a NAS and the *arr apps provide a vastly better experience. I can hear about a movie I’m interested in and grab it straight away, usually up to full BluRay quality or, if it’s not released yet it will grab it when it’s released. When new TV episodes are available it just grabs them automatically and adds them to my Plex library.
I’ve switched to collecting discs, it feels more viscerally satisfying, like vinyl, plus not having to deal with shitty rips, or ISP tracking (i forgot to turn my VPN on once and they literally suspended my service and made me call and grovel to the guy on the phone), or worrying about drives failing (my biggest fear which seems somewhat inevitable for everyone). having a case and art in your hands feels nicer than clicking on a file. plus used blu rays are very cheap.
I totally get that, I buy physical media too. It’s worth mentioning that I used to torrent but stopped because I share the same concerns.
With Usenet there’s no uploading, just an encrypted connection to a server somewhere that’s hosting the files so I’m not making material available. That’s how you can get in trouble.
My NAS drives are in a RAID config, it’s not bulletproof but if I lose a drive I won’t lose data.
Those are rookie numbers, gotta pump them up!
If more of us pirate, there will be more seeds! For god and country, let us sail together!
Hear hear!
I read that as “Privacy websites” and came here to post “How do we know that then?”
Can someone please explain how websites like piratebay pops up even though feds has tried to shut it down
It’s no surprise that consumers are fed up with corporate greed! Every year, content becomes more expensive, because bigwigs need to increase the share price and appease shareholders. Let the house of cards crumble and seed, seed, seed!
And hilariously, more and more tools that don’t even require browsing the sites exist, just has jackett. Though I suppose that may just be considered a visit in this case.
Sorry, that was me… I’ve really been waiting for this next crop of movies to come out since all of the strikes.
