Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down19
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·edit-212 hours agothe high seas have grown more treacherous, but you still can.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·57 minutes agoToday it’s harder, not more dangerous. But also everything is darker.
minus-squareilega_dh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·10 hours agoMore treacherous than LimeWire was? I think the fuck not, that boi was filled with Justin_Bieber_Baby.mp3.exe’s
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·10 hours agoThat stuff is so easy to deal with, 1 its fucking obvious its a .exe and second you can just run it in a VM. What, is your PC going to struggle running a VM that only has to run audio or video?
minus-squaredespicable@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoIt’s considerably easier to deal with these days so the seas are less treacherous. Even Windows’ default antivirus will catch most of those too.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 hours agomany governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now. and some other smaller bullshit.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-248 minutes agousually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access. i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. that might have added some confusion.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·53 minutes agoYeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
the high seas have grown more treacherous, but you still can.
Today it’s harder, not more dangerous.
But also everything is darker.
More treacherous than LimeWire was? I think the fuck not, that boi was filled with Justin_Bieber_Baby.mp3.exe’s
That stuff is so easy to deal with, 1 its fucking obvious its a .exe and second you can just run it in a VM. What, is your PC going to struggle running a VM that only has to run audio or video?
It’s considerably easier to deal with these days so the seas are less treacherous. Even Windows’ default antivirus will catch most of those too.
In what way?
many governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now. and some other smaller bullshit.
The government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
usually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access.
i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. that might have added some confusion.
Yeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.