89
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] riseuppikmin@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Data hoarding and torrenting are in a huge renaissance period right now IMO.

Clients (qbit, deluge, transmission) are better than ever, more people are aware of private trackers and they've gotten better over time (bonus point systems have solved the seedbox ratio "problem"), VPN proliferation continues to grow despite my concerns with some of the providers, and public trackers are in a decent place despite the massive loss of RARBG.

Storage is cheaper than ever and we've hit a point where most people can probably buy one drive that would suit their entire video media, games, and digital print interests.

[-] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

VPN proliferation continues to grow despite my concerns with some of the providers,

All the major VPN providers are in some way tied to a national intelligence agency. Not much of a secret when the companies have "former" intelligence agents on their boards or somewhere in their C-suite. For example, PIA is Mossad. Or how Nord has relationships with the CIA and NSA via it's data broker sister company. Thing is, national intelligence agencies don't give a fuck about piracy and if anything it's encouraged because it gets more people to route their Internet connections through a service.

this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
89 points (98.9% liked)

technology

23313 readers
249 users here now

On the road to fully automated luxury gay space communism.

Spreading Linux propaganda since 2020

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS