lanigerous@feddit.uk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-220 days agoGood old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text)lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1472arrow-down1imageGood old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text)lemmy.blahaj.zonelanigerous@feddit.uk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·20 days agoHow the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don’t pay them anything?
minus-squareHavatra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 days agoDepends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·19 days agostrange, I’ve never seen an ad on piratebay or my regular streaming sites.
minus-squareGreat Blue Heron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·20 days agoI’m the same as you, but there are a lot of people that pay (monthly fees I believe!) for pre-built “android boxes”.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-220 days agoI may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country
How the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don’t pay them anything?
Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.
strange, I’ve never seen an ad on piratebay or my regular streaming sites.
I’m the same as you, but there are a lot of people that pay (monthly fees I believe!) for pre-built “android boxes”.
I may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country