I rarely actually pirate anything. The only time I pirate is when I’m otherwise forced to go through that specific company to do the things I want due to monopoly shit.

Used to pirate windows before switching to Linux (I still give people I know helpful tips on the process though, not everybody can make the switch yet). Used to pirate MS office and a couple other pieces of software back when I had to use them for school. I would pirate substance painter if a Linux crack was available, but I haven’t been able to find one and I can’t get the windows version working, so I simply don’t use that software. And as for shows and movies, that whole mess of subscriptions, yeah I don’t watch pretty much any of it. I buy physical copies when possible and watch stuff with friends who have the services. I use bandcamp for most of my music, sometimes YouTube for discovering new stuff.

I will however keep up to date on all of the piracy methods because i will not be caught helpless by some shitty company who thinks it’s found a way to corner me.

Ok so hear me out, what if I didn’t.

Just cut out the middle man, and in doing so I would save a bunch of time and money and make the entire system way more robust. I don’t have to rewrite my system, and also I don’t have to worry about this product disappearing and invalidating my entire setup, and also my system is simpler and easier to maintain, and also I don’t have to worry about any ai shit bugging out because ai is fundamentally the wrong tool for robust protocols to be written on.

Idk if you can even get a 32 GB hard drive anymore. I can only find 64 GB drives for around $14

Ooh, do you know of any good ones? I wanna download a car!

I don’t think this is misleading. Misleading is when you use technically true facts to draw someone towards an incorrect conclusion. Calling a plan unlimited then having a limit is more like fraudulent if you ask me.

As an American i wish i could do the same.

You laugh in Linux now, but just wait until the year of the Linux desktop comes. Every malware developer on earth will be knocking on our door.

I get the feeling it’s going to be constantly running around in circles. The corporations are constantly looking for ways to enshittify things to improve profits, but too much and people don’t want to deal with it. They’re constantly looking for that balance in a landscape that’s constantly changing, and so constantly experimenting with what they can get away with.