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thewaywego··on Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023
>Internet piracy isn’t ethically justifiable

it's quite easy once you realize buying isn't owning

>Digital video piracy is costing the US economy between $29.2 and $71 billion each year.

these numbers are so laughably vague and only exist to justify the existence of the content mafia.

thewaywego··on Report: YouTube adding user-traceable ID tag to links shared off-platform
>URLs properly and any typos are a one-way ticket to Scam City. Chances are reasonable Google has the correct website

googles no1 spot has become scam city hundreds of times for big namens just this year alone

>Bookmarks, you say? Can't be arsed.

in the time you complained about this problem of your own creation you could habe bookmarked your top 20-50 visited sites.

off topic but i see more and more "I'm too lazy to do x" where the solution would be easier than just being "lazy"

thewaywego··on Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts
>Yay, patriot act. Glad we have so much energy focusing on legit bankers instead of the crypto that is actually funding multiple US adversaries at this very moment

I have never in my life seen someone identity a problem and then blame the solution this quickly.

thewaywego··on EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram
its facebook....assuming anything but the worst handling of user data is beyond foolish
thewaywego··on Google's plan to stop Apple from getting serious about search
"Apple sells there users searches to Google for $18 Billion"

>[Apple] still mostly protects privacy

>denying Google more data about me

i would ask if we are reading the same news but I feel like we aren't even on the same planet...