I only use free VPN extensions or apps and I fully aware of the limitation of this. I use shabby ones, which don't protect and probably sell my data. It slow and I can't have only a few location. But I can't get around the idea that people can pay for a service to refuse to pay to a service. Please help me understand.
You're paying for your privacy. Also, a copy of a game or a movie is not a service.
Aren't you at a much greater risk of malware if you're not getting original software?
But I can't get around the idea that people can pay for a service to refuse to pay to a service.
I mean, if you assume that the only reason people are pirates is because they refuse to pay anyone for a service then I could see why you would have trouble with this point. But that isn't why most people pirate. Most people pirate because they don't want to pay the extortionate prices that media companies demand for their IP. Spending some small yearly fee to avoid paying several much large fees looks like a pretty solid reason for paying for a VPN service.
How is the idea of paying $20 for 2 years so you can not pay for anything else confusing?
VPN isn't specifically for pirating, personally I could even torrent without it, no one would give a crap; my situation aside, you can DDL without a VPN and you'd still be in the clear
if i pay for a vpn and then just torrent the nights away that's a lot more bang for your buck than subscription to netflix or whatever
also, a copy of a game or a movie is not a service. as was said
My VPN comes out to about $2/month (got a promotional offer). What other service, exactly, can I buy for 2 dollars?
For me it's more of a convenience issue. If there was a legit site with a subscription for a few bucks a month that had every TV show and movie on it that I could watch in high resolution without ads and other bullshit going on then I'd probably just do that. In fact I basically do that with music already with Spotify. Netflix looked like it might have been going that way back the day but then it all went sideways.
But yeah basically I just don't want to have to subscribe to like 8 different services or have to keep switching around to find the show I want so piracy & a couple of bucks a month for a VPN is the better service IMO.
I also use VPN all the time for privacy - if I wasn't pirating I'd still have it. I've also used it at times to access region locked content.
I personally only pirate things I feel are more "moral" to pirate, or if I don't have a choice - I never pirate any kind of indie content, for instance, but I do pirate movies and tv shows put out by large corporations. In undergrad I pirated almost all of my textbooks because the markups are unethical. I'm not against paying for things, I just want to boycott some specific companies, plus I'm often too broke to afford things or sometimes need a downloaded copy specifically for offline access. When I was working full time I did actually pirate fewer things - only things from the companies I boycott or things I can't access legally where I live - and I will return to that once I finish grad school.
A “free” VPN is worse than no VPN. They have to pay for the service somehow, and you’re not paying, so they are making money off you somehow.
