Yeah lol. When I we first got wired internet at home (about 15 years ago), the speeds weren’t good. It averaged around 120 KBPS for browsing the internet. But the guy installing the connection told me that torrents went up to 10 MBPS easily, and he wasn’t lying. Before that, I didn’t understand that torrent worked in a fundamentally different way compared to direct downloads.
It was in India. I won’t be surprised if the situation is still similar. (I mean the attitude towards piracy. The speeds are pretty good nowadays.)
Which is honestly their job, their entire corporate existence! My engineer friend would get mad at all the ISPs for every single thing they did that was not related to the service. “Why are they spending time and money lobbying!?” “Why are they paying to put apps on my phone!?” “Why are they treating different types of content differently, their entire purpose is to be a pipe of connectivity!” And you know what? He’s right…
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.
deleted by creator
I miss living back in Mexico and not having to activate (and pay for) the VPN whenever I want to download something.
Yeah lol. When I we first got wired internet at home (about 15 years ago), the speeds weren’t good. It averaged around 120 KBPS for browsing the internet. But the guy installing the connection told me that torrents went up to 10 MBPS easily, and he wasn’t lying. Before that, I didn’t understand that torrent worked in a fundamentally different way compared to direct downloads.
It was in India. I won’t be surprised if the situation is still similar. (I mean the attitude towards piracy. The speeds are pretty good nowadays.)
Torrents still work fine here. Speeds are good too.
Shit… You just gave me hope for this world.
Which is honestly their job, their entire corporate existence! My engineer friend would get mad at all the ISPs for every single thing they did that was not related to the service. “Why are they spending time and money lobbying!?” “Why are they paying to put apps on my phone!?” “Why are they treating different types of content differently, their entire purpose is to be a pipe of connectivity!” And you know what? He’s right…
A true service provider.