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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

The majority of piracy is not free.

I've paid for usenet, seed boxes, private servers, and more recently torrent cache services.

You pay because it's much cheaper than commercial services and a better experience with more content.