I believe we’re approaching the final 3-5 years of prevalent piracy for several reasons:

  • Software: The difficulty of cracking and modifying software has significantly increased.

  • Movies and TV Shows: Numerous streaming sites have been shut down or faced legal penalties.

  • Adult Content: New releases are often removed within 1-5 weeks, and many older titles are no longer available on piracy platforms.

Given these trends, what might a post-piracy world entail?

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    *Software: Idk, never really messed with pirating software, that’s how you become part of someone’s botnet.

    *Movies and TV shows: Torrents and Usenet.

    *Adult Content: Torrents and Usenet.

    *Music: Slsk and yt-dlp.

    • LemmyQuest@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      The problem is not their absence from the P2P networks; rather, it’s the lack of seeders that renders them useless.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        He’s right, usenet isn’t p2p, but finding old movies there can be a challenge. Still, I manage just fine for old movies with ipt and tl for the most part, or the rare thing I can only find on soulseek of all places. Archive actually has a bunch too.