Pirating is going to become a thing again.
Discussion
Has it ever stopped being a thing?
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It declined when streaming services were cheap, easy, and made at least a little bit of an attempt to be convenient.
I agree with that. I never found every movie I wanted even having more than 2 video streaming services.
Is convenient at times… to say the least.
That's what is was for me. Then it started encroaching and I went back to mp3s and created my own movie/show library 🏴☠️
Never again will I return to streaming services.
Napster come back
I don't see the point of this, to be honest.
Nostr replacing The Pirate Bay
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Maybe, but... Why?
Censorship resistance
Has TPB ever been censored? (Successfully?)
You've got a point there, as TPB has resisted censorship along the years in several ways.
But the UX using it has also suffered, as you have to keep looking for operational TPB proxies, or other ways to access it.
Imo, the UX could be greatly improved using an dedicated nostr client and relays.
There are also improvements on trusting published torrents as nostr events allow for Web of Trust architecture.
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I high-key hate WoT. It's a stupid failure point.
Nostr for UX? Yes, please.
There is one aspect though. Big things are happening on big private trackers where they have strict rules bound to your profile (like seed ratio). All that needs to be "recreated" or the torrent community will never use nostr.
I live on the high seas 🏴☠️
When bitcoin hits 1 million we'll all be living on superyachts🛥
Some of us already switched back.
Once upon a time the streaming services had better UX than piracy.
More ads, more ads, pay extra for ad free, now ad free has ads too just fewer but it costs the same, new ad free tier that costs more, new terms of service clarifies that the new ad free tier might sometimes include ads too. Fool me 6 times shame on me.
Some never abandon old ways 🏴☠️
Long live Torrent, long live P2P 🤲
I am Herr for it.
Some of us never gave it up. 😅