This has been slowly happening for a long time without fanfare. A lot of stuff you used to be able to watch on YouTube is getting more aggressive copystrikes, probably to try and push us onto cable and streaming services.
Also the Internet Archive recently lost a copyright lawsuit that means access to 50, 000 books (and movies?) was lost.
Corporations are getting more aggressive about what gatekeeping what you can access for free and taking stuff down, so a lot of people are advocating for physical backups or copies of anything important to you.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Pirate everything. For books:
Libgen.is
For everything else check out the megathread at reddit.com/r/piracy
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I would love to pirate but would suffer undue anxiety about it and would be hit quite hard if my internet provider cut me off. I know about vpns but don’t know which are trustworthy
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
NordVPN is probably the most trusted. They’ve been around a long time and have generally positive reviews.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Maybe. I’m still incredibly risk averse.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve pirated for years and never been caught. The bigger issue is accessing the torrent websites. But you can set up search in Qbittorrent to search within the program, so you don’t even need to go to the dodgy websites
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’d not know where to start and would add insane anxiety to my life.