Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square114linkfedilink
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agothe high seas have grown more treacherous, but you still can.
minus-squareilega_dh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoToday it’s harder, not more dangerous. But also everything is darker.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months 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-up0·2 months agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agousually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access. i said “governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. that might have added some confusion.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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.
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.
Today it’s harder, not more dangerous.
But also everything is darker.
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 “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.