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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don't get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive "privacy policy" - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO..

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes piracy is the only method of archival

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Some things are literally not available anymore by legal means. Piracy is an important tool in preserving content for future generations. Future historian will be proud of pirates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I really want to show my friend the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, but Funimation has completely replaced it with the newer Brotherhood series everywhere. It's such bullshit. I would be happy to pay them to watch it, but literally the only option is piracy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Absolutely true, I was actually looking for this flash game mike shadow and the vending machine and it's partly lock cause reasons, pirates where you at