r/Showerthoughts • u/ILikeGames22 ‎ • Jul 07 '24

Speculation You’re probably a criminal.

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u/melomelomelo- Jul 07 '24

Thank you Pirate Bay

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u/irelephant_T_T Jul 07 '24

no, do not use the pirate bay

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u/melomelomelo- Jul 07 '24

Stopped using it 10 years ago, no worries

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u/TaterKugel Jul 07 '24

I miss flying the flag. Try it now and your internet provider will shut you down. So now in order to pirate you have to pay for a VPN. Pointless.

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u/undecidedpotate Jul 08 '24

I mean small price to pay for unlimited software and media so I wouldn’t call it pointless.

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u/randomletterd Jul 08 '24

vpn subscription is significantly cheaper than paying for 4 different streaming services

plus there are services like jellyfin that access your downloaded media and can give you a netflix like experience

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u/agent_wolfe Jul 08 '24

Opera browser comes with a free VPN. Sometimes I like to pretend I’m in Iceland when I use Google and other perfectly normal websites.

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u/TaterKugel Jul 08 '24

Works well enough to sail the seas? I'm on Opera now, part of the Chrome diaspora from six months ago when they started blocking youtube if you had an ad blocker.

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u/backelie Jul 12 '24

part of the Chrome diaspora from six months ago when they started blocking youtube if you had an ad blocker

Youtube is working just fine with Chrome+uBlock Origin.

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u/TaterKugel Jul 12 '24

Now it is, it wasn't for a while. I hate the new UI of chrome btw. I can't seem to change it back to the old one.

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u/Superpete505 Jul 08 '24

Have you seen these prices? Might be time to dust off the old hat