As a person who has been in this for a while and seen several cycles; - The easier and more popular piracy becomes, the more crackdowns happen - Piracy is also not a reliable - Smart piracy requires years and years of domain knowledge to avoid pitfalls like viruses, scams and getting bopped - ThreadSky

imhkr.bsky.social • 166 days ago

As a person who has been in this for a while and seen several cycles;

- The easier and more popular piracy becomes, the more crackdowns happen

- Piracy is also not a reliable

- Smart piracy requires years and years of domain knowledge to avoid pitfalls like viruses, scams and getting bopped

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mikebinon.bsky.social•166 days ago

Ten years ago, I knew trackers for comics, movies, tv, ebooks, software...

Now, they're all shutdown, and replacements are either not known or private with incredibly difficult application rules

spexguy.bsky.social•163 days ago

My strategy is outsourcing. Have a very close friend that knows all this shit well and 9/10 times they'll get you whatever you want. I pay my guy roughly three and a half shoulder/back/foot massages a quarter and buy him good dinners on his birthday. I suck his dick too but that's another thing

imhkr.bsky.social•166 days ago

- the safest and best piracy sites screen users, and getting on their shitlist can mean lifetime bans. Sometimes across multiple sites.

Telling people "just pirate!" in response to all negative media news is going to cause a lot of pain both for individuals and communities as a whole.

imhkr.bsky.social•166 days ago

Piracy is good, knowing how to pirate is a skill that should be taught, but we should stop shouting about it publicly and instead be having these conversations privately.

imhkr.bsky.social•166 days ago

You can see the moves being made to do another big push against piracy. Mostly from nintendo. You think their museum is for you? No, it's for a legal argument that they are maintaining their own legacy so piracy as an excuse for historical research shouldn't be allowed.

imhkr.bsky.social•166 days ago

"piracy is also not a reliable" maybe someone should teach me some fucking english jfc

peek.bsky.social•166 days ago

pirate a dang english textbook why doncha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

peek.bsky.social•166 days ago

i do agree, it's something of a lost art and not exactly trivial to learn. shit a lot of people straight up do not have desktop computers to pirate on, and like... what are your options then? i mean i know you CAN torrent on a phone but that sucks

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