The fear of prosecution is kinda a real fear though, however fucking absurd it may be. To think that you could get penalized and potentially jailed for something as nebulous as piracy
It's a realistic fear. I almost caught charges once, when I was younger and more reckless about downloading, but I settled it beforehand.
Then I took a long break from torrenting, did the paid streaming thing, learned more about digital security, and eventually found myself sailing the high seas yet again.
I don't know if my legal knowledge is outdated, but wasn't one of the outcomes of the whole bajillion-dollar lawsuit days a system where first you get a letter, then a small fine, and then a bigger fine before they really start holding you upside-down by the ankles and grabbing whatever falls out of your pockets?
I’m about to turn into such a data hoarder
Looks like an 18 TB hard drive is like 200 bucks and 18 TB can hold a lot
Why isn’t everyone doing this
fear of prosecution, lack of knowledge of how to pirate, liberal brainworms regarding respecting private property.
The fear of prosecution is kinda a real fear though, however fucking absurd it may be. To think that you could get penalized and potentially jailed for something as nebulous as piracy
It's a realistic fear. I almost caught charges once, when I was younger and more reckless about downloading, but I settled it beforehand.
Then I took a long break from torrenting, did the paid streaming thing, learned more about digital security, and eventually found myself sailing the high seas yet again.
absolutely; i was trying to answer your question because I've wondered the same thing and those were the conclusions i came to
I don't know if my legal knowledge is outdated, but wasn't one of the outcomes of the whole bajillion-dollar lawsuit days a system where first you get a letter, then a small fine, and then a bigger fine before they really start holding you upside-down by the ankles and grabbing whatever falls out of your pockets?
I dont think you know what literal means
They said liberal, not literal.
Me going around calling everyone a knave because my literary brainworms are going through a Chaucer phase
Most people don't care to. People want the easy way, and don't consider options off the beaten path.
I've started moving away from steaming with most things. You can even get a mp3 player for like $30 and free up your phone for that too.
What kind of mp3 player would you suggest?
Sony stuff is usually pretty good. I also have one of their voice recorders I got to make voice memos on. That thing is great.
You can pick up an ipod classic for under 50 bucks, then a battery and an sd card adapter if you're good with your hands to refresh it.
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100% but I'm looking to hoard knowledge like development / programming and skill sets before everything is hidden behind paywalls.