Pirating was quite simple in the olden donkey / emule / kazaar etc times. BitTorrent was simple at the beginning as well. Now it seems to be done via invite only forums and special rules and quotas.

IRC seemed complicated as well and I can't bring myself to ever look into usenet because to me it was my first "social media" and it breaks my heart to see what it turned into.

Also it's super weird because it's not meant for this purpose. It's like using twitter to share base64 encoded warez. It kinda works but it's not meant for it.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You can still download an entire blockbuster from piratebay.

Arr software and Jellyfin make it easier and accessing it convenient, but at the backend, we're all still doing the same shit.

VPN yo ass up and download some movies, choom.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

VPN yo ass up and download some movies, choom.

A Shadowrun reference in the wild?

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 6 points 5 days ago

Cyberpunk 2077 grabbed 'choom' and threw it into their lexicon so it has a whole new group of choomies enjoying it.

We're self-actualizing a real cyberpunk dystopia.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now it seems to be done via invite only forums and special rules and quotas.

This isn't really true. Maybe you have that impression because piracy communities tend to be filled with snobs who constantly humble brag about all their private trackers and paid services. You can still find good quality versions of almost everything through public trackers.

[–] bebabalula@feddit.dk 7 points 6 days ago

Depends. Like OP I stopped pirating when they made Netflix available in Denmark, and like OP I’m also feeling the deteriorating device. But finding danish content in the public trackers seems a lot harder than it was in ye old days

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's still tons of content available on public trackers. Just be sure to use a VPN so you don't get nasty letters from your ISP. It's not hard, just connect to the VPN and bind your torrent client to the VPN interface.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 7 points 6 days ago

letters from your ISP

glad I don't live in your dystopian hell hole.

[–] ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

But don’t use the pirate bay…bad place. Other places are much better and have good reputations.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

TF = The Fuck

WTF = What the Fuck