I just think it’s a really fucking tall order. I can’t imagine spending almost $30 a year for that

I challenge you to point out where I praised the US. I’ll be super impressed if you can.

This is a flagrant whataboutism. The US’s history of enslavement and atrocities don’t undo those of the USSR.

If they don’t know then they are ignorant of the platform they are on and that is not a good way to operate in general. If they don’t care, then their values are misaligned but we can’t do anything about that.

You can’t make people engage in self-respect

Glad to have you here!

The grift always comes first. There will come a day when they say “Trump has failed us, we must now follow _______.”

The grift must flow.

How anyone is still on that shit hole site after what we saw two summers ago is beyond me. Every few months it’s something new, yet so many people continue to stick around.

I don’t get it. The moment I don’t feel safe on a site, I leave. If you are on Reddit, you are not safe.

The USSR didn’t have any limits to choosing an employment

I’m sorry, do you seriously think the USSR lacked classes/stratification?

and people weren’t forced to work anywhere

Yeah if you ignore the Gulag system you can make a lot of the USSR sound utopian.

I get needing revenue stream but a subscription!?

You’re right I forgot we were speaking about Germany specifically. Still, trying to keep things kind of broad and remind people to check their law regardless

My understanding was that Germany’s issue is with uploading as well, but I am not German and I am not a lawyer

Dude people with disabilities can serve ffs.

That is a list of disqualifying conditions. That doesn’t support what you said.

Where is “most”? Where is any metric?

Ew

Most people who require medication aren’t allowed in the military

Source. That’s absolute horseshit. A source is a valid requirement here. It 100% depends on what’s needed.

Yeah this sums it up well

I mean I feel like it’s pretty easy to follow what they’re saying. There is a gradient between the 2 points. It’s not an on/off switch, it’s not binary. It’s why fascist logic is bullshit to begin with.

Distribution is the key here, which they can pinpoint to your IP. They can’t come after YOU specifically (usually) but they contact your ISP Who then sends you a strongly worded letter about stopping (usually). If this happens repeatedly they will often throttle your bandwidth or even cut you off. Again, usually. This is different everywhere.

Pirating is illegal in many jurisdictions and as such should never be encouraged. My guess is your question is academic.

I have heard people use reputable VPN’s like Mullvad, Proton, etc. for daily usage to obscure their traffic/IP which is entirely legal and a wonderful use of these tools since we must safeguard our privacy from bad actors/protect ourselves from malware (a side benefit many VPN’s).

I have also heard uploading (seeding) is where you really get in trouble with the law in many jurisdictions, as opposed to downloading (leeching), so it’s important to know the laws that apply to you. Not that it matters, because neither of us would ever use these tools to pirate.

Killswitches are important as well whenever using a VPN. This helps prevent leaks. I have never seen a major VPN that did not have this feature baked in.

Allegedly it is higher risk when you are grabbing brand new stuff, especially things that have not been released to the public yet.

the statement was more incredulous than actually inquiring about the contents of the article.

Notice the studies almost always cap at 6. I say “almost” out of caution, I have always seen it as 5 or 6.

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