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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It would be fine if it wasn't for all the mining software that comes packaged with my downloads

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

I presume this is in jest, but to be honest I feel like there is less risk of bad operators consuming my computing power and data when pirating than using legit services these days (ads, marketing, poor software etc...). I actually pirate content that I pay for as it gets all my content into a single location, and easily tracks what I have watched, and is better for taking it offline.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd like to say I was half-joking but some of the games and movies I've pirated have directly affected the performance of my CPU (like 100% CPU usage under light loads)

Edit: I was wrong about movies having mining software packed in but I'm leaving the original comment up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You have never downloaded a movie that negatively affected your CPU performance. A movie (i.e. mkv file) cannot do this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

annakournikova.avi.exe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see... thanks, that's new to me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You are more likely to visit a site that has a crypto miner embeded than downloading from known scene groups.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dedicated pirates can find exclusive communities that share high quality content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I suppose it's high time to pick up the oar once again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly, this is on you and only you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, well I've got a lot to learn then. I was one of those that typically just hopped on The Bay, picked a regular uploader and stuck with them there, but I did not know there were stealthier communities dedicated to this. Thank you for the wake up though