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It seems so strange to me that we are locked in battle with providers mining our lives for whatever, and we have to work our asses off trying to stay anonymous, to the point of being denied service (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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or even pseudo-incriminated for attempting to maintain our own life.

It seems so stupid that I'm like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don't want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don't want to "sign up."

It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I'm not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that's enough.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

By not torrenting. Use Usenet instead. Way safer and easier. Once I went Usenet I literally haven’t touched a single torrent in over a decade.

[–] Vendetta9076 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll be the first to preach Usenet for movies and shows, but I'm wondering if you've found it useful for gaming/ music.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I haven't tried it for gaming or music. Like always, piracy is a service problem. Spotify and Steam have solved the service problem so I pay for those. Haven't felt like pirating in a game in 14 years due to it, and spotify literally has every song I could ever want to listen to on the planet.

[–] prole 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Unless I've misunderstood how it works, don't you need to pay for Usenet?

Something about paying money for pirated content rubs me the wrong way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, you're essentially paying for download capacity. But I never have to worry about viruses or my ISP saying anything. And downloads are instant.