• boonhet@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    I mean it’s completely valid if you find that to be a better deal than torrenting, but I can use my full 500 mbps bandwidth for free.

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      2 days ago

      It depends on how you look at it.

      You pay for your internet. Isn’t that you paying to pirate?

      If it is then it’s only a factor of cost. He pays slightly more for Usenet access and internet access and then he pirates.

      If it’s not then it’s not a factor of cost and it’s only a factor of pedantism.

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        22 hours ago

        I need to have access to the Internet anyway. In fact, having it makes me a decent amount of money. You could say it costs me negative several thousand euros a month. Piracy or scrolling Lemmy is a bonus.

        Getting Usenet means additional cost, but the only benefit is piracy. Therefore, it’s paying to pirate.