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Half of Young Norwegians Say Online Piracy Is an Acceptable Way to Save Money (torrentfreak.com)

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A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

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[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago

It saves a lot of money for each subscription service you can skip.

I only had to buy a VPN and a cheap mini PC as a server. And then a 1tb SSD. Then I needed to buy another 2tb. And then I had to run Ethernet upstairs for it since the WiFi card couldn't keep up. Then I had to upgrade the router to support the new gigabit cabling...

Eh, well, at least I get to keep something out of it.

[-] remon@ani.social 19 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I'm going for a bit more storage, currently sitting at 108TB. The price of my home server could pay for around 75 years of Netflix.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago

Selection is probably better though

[-] remon@ani.social 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Selection is probably better though

You mean at Netflix? Maybe, but only temporarily. If I'm missing a piece of media I want I'll simply download it and add it to my server. And contrary to Netflix once it's on my server it'll stay there.