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IMO things have changed a lot since then. Plenty of audio dev companies that didn't exist back then are thriving.

It's anecdotal but people around me are less inclined to install pirated stuff than 20+ years ago. The risk to install some malware and the consequences are higher than they were back then.

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Are the risks really higher? Somehow it seems that with specialized private trackers having more prominence and public trackers like pirate bay and KAT dying out, there's actually less chance of malware because pirated content is more curated.

Yes: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/06/20/loudminer-mining-c...

Maybe but otoh we now have so much critical information stored in our computers (credit cards, personal documents, passwords, etc).

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