lanigerous@feddit.uk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-22 days agoGood old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text)lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1433arrow-down1imageGood old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text)lemmy.blahaj.zonelanigerous@feddit.uk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·2 days agoHow the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don’t pay them anything?
minus-squareGreat Blue Heron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 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-22 days agoI may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country
minus-squareHavatra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 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-up3·1 day agostrange, I’ve never seen an ad on piratebay or my regular streaming sites.
How the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don’t pay them anything?
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
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.