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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've switched to collecting discs, it feels more viscerally satisfying, like vinyl, plus not having to deal with shitty rips, or ISP tracking (i forgot to turn my VPN on once and they literally suspended my service and made me call and grovel to the guy on the phone), or worrying about drives failing (my biggest fear which seems somewhat inevitable for everyone). having a case and art in your hands feels nicer than clicking on a file. plus used blu rays are very cheap.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I totally get that, I buy physical media too. It’s worth mentioning that I used to torrent but stopped because I share the same concerns.

With Usenet there’s no uploading, just an encrypted connection to a server somewhere that’s hosting the files so I’m not making material available. That’s how you can get in trouble.

My NAS drives are in a RAID config, it’s not bulletproof but if I lose a drive I won’t lose data.