reverendz [comrade/them]

You know what reduces copyright infringement? Making content available, affordable and accessible.

In the golden days of Netflix, I hardly torrented anything.

There’s also a “I’m not going to get some bullshit masquerading as the movie I was looking for.” thing in place.

I belong to a couple private trackers. I use them nearly exclusively and have never once downloaded a bullshit file/virus/whatever. It’s happened a couple times on public ones.

I know who the good uploaders are and know that seeding on the private isn’t going to get me flagged to my ISP, which happened twice before going off public.

I guess what I’m wondering is: why wouldn’t you use one if you can find what you’re looking for?

Wages have stagnated. I was lucky to get any raise, but it was significantly less than the cost of living.

Meanwhile, eggs are $4 a dozen. Other staples are $$.

Food overall is much more expensive and we’re not even talking about discretionary items or entertainment.

Used cars are almost unobtainable, housing and rent are through the roof.

By what metric is the economy doing well? Stonks?

Love this story.

Some real axis of evil shit going down. Anyone who questions if they’re the baddies at this point is intentionally being obtuse.