@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 8 days agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1441
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minus-square☂️-linkfedilink19•edit-27 days agothe high seas have grown more treacherous, but you still can.
minus-square@rottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 days agoToday it’s harder, not more dangerous. But also everything is darker.
minus-square@ilega_dh@feddit.nllinkfedilink23•7 days agoMore treacherous than LimeWire was? I think the fuck not, that boi was filled with Justin_Bieber_Baby.mp3.exe’s
minus-square@Korhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days 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-square@despicable@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 days 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☂️-linkfedilink3•edit-27 days 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-square@modus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•7 days agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-linkfedilink2•edit-27 days 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”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
minus-square@modus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 days agoYeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
minus-square@brucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•6 days agoThat’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day. Now its basically required.
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”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
Yeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
That’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day.
Now its basically required.