Comment on Anon tries to save money

• Khrux@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s luck but I’ve shamelessly torrented in the UK my whole life, I wouldn’t be surprised if in the past fifteen years, I’ve downloaded a petabyte on pirated content.

  I’ve never used a VPN and the one time I got a letter from my ISP, I suspect it was a scam anyway. I have used at least 4 ISPs in this period and two mobile networks, I’ve even used public and work WiFis with not issue.

  I’m not sure if this a UK thing or if I’m just wildly lucky.

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  • jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m stateside, and I torrented something once without a VPN and got an email complaint from my ISP not long after.

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    • tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be fair, I’m also stateside and, while I knew enough to know not to do it with abandon, I’ve torrented without a VPN at least a handful of times and never got anything from my ISPs in two decades.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have the same story here in Belgium.

    Never gotten a letter.

    In the Netherlands they pay a small fee (2€ on a new phone) on every electronics “with which you can download”, which allows them to pirate without much worrying.

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    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We have such a fee as well in Sweden, but piracy is still illegal and prosecuted.

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• Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m doing fine in Ireland anyway.

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