Nyxicas

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[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 39 minutes ago
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

The prices aren't impressing me, then again, they really hadn't impressed me for 5 years in a row now. They're exactly the same as I've seen them in other sales, except the other sales mark them down slightly lower.

Granted, I've acquired nearly every game I've personally been scouting for so the thrill is mostly gone. I'd only be spending just to spend on things I don't quite need and not want.

 

Let's not turn this into what the Reddit subreddit of Piracy has turned into and that's an endless sea of questions that are all the same - "Do I need a VPN?".

And the loud and vocal answer to such a question is - yes. Yes you do need a VPN for pirating. Nobody gets a VPN for casual use and I'm under the impression that VPN services know a lot of people are going to be going to them for pirating and not just accessing content out of their country. And it's for that reason, is why I'm skeptical on entrusting my activity with the bigger VPN names available.

I use ProtonVPN myself, by the way.

Pirating under your raw IP address, only will set you up to get pegged by your ISP whether it's in a short time or a long time. I've only ever gotten one single ISP letter in my entire 26 years of pirating and it was simply because I downloaded without a VPN. Well I was also downloading off of someone else's network to take the fall, but I was confronted about it either way.

And I've gotten away with so much pirating because of my careful cautiousness when it comes to pirating. That and this applies to the United States, but the statue of limitations is 3 years when it comes to copyright infringement. So, good fucking luck to any ISP or so that wishes to try and nail me for something I downloaded 10 years ago, but I digress.

But a large part of me avoiding so much does contribute to having a VPN. So, yes, VPN is required. Please don't ask anybody in the pirating community 100 questions that are all just ways to ask whether or not you need a VPN. You do.

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 22 hours ago

Confirmation bias.

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 1 day ago

"I have muh internet, muh couch and muh TV...I'm gud" - Americans who didn't show to vote.

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 day ago

I think it's mostly because of how rapid the internet was at becoming more accessible. It was inevitable as to how big it'd become.

And the opinion then changed from that to "The internet never forgets" which was more in the mid-2000s and early 2010s. This is 50/50 because it really depends. Some sites shut down for good, so if there was anything or anyone on it, then we can safely say the internet forgot. But that opinion mostly applies to whenever someone becomes a lolcow or someone who generally does something so stupid online that it's everywhere. Hence the internet communities not forgetting.

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 day ago

Or about freezing nearly expired foods.

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 1 day ago

Lol, no.

And within the next four years, it'll be non-existent.