I presume this is in jest, but to be honest I feel like there is less risk of bad operators consuming my computing power and data when pirating than using legit services these days (ads, marketing, poor software etc...). I actually pirate content that I pay for as it gets all my content into a single location, and easily tracks what I have watched, and is better for taking it offline.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'd like to say I was half-joking but some of the games and movies I've pirated have directly affected the performance of my CPU (like 100% CPU usage under light loads)

Edit: I was wrong about movies having mining software packed in but I'm leaving the original comment up

[–] SaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You have never downloaded a movie that negatively affected your CPU performance. A movie (i.e. mkv file) cannot do this.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

annakournikova.avi.exe

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I see... thanks, that's new to me

[–] else@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dedicated pirates can find exclusive communities that share high quality content.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I suppose it's high time to pick up the oar once again

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 5 points 2 years ago

You are more likely to visit a site that has a crypto miner embeded than downloading from known scene groups.

[–] SaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sadly, this is on you and only you.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, well I've got a lot to learn then. I was one of those that typically just hopped on The Bay, picked a regular uploader and stuck with them there, but I did not know there were stealthier communities dedicated to this. Thank you for the wake up though