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People bitching about Lemmy.world blocking piracy instances sound like spoiled teenagers with no consideration of consequences (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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Humans who run instances are real people who have jobs and mortgages and kids. I also like having piracy communities around to balance the greedy ass corporations trying to control media and copyright…I’m glad to know they are there if I need them or feel like screwing around with it. I just wonder if the people ranting all indignantly acting like instances are competing for their usership would feel the same if the most active instance was on a server physically sitting in their basement, or paid for by money tied to them in the real world. Yes it seems pretty unlikely that you’re ever going to run into issues with law enforcement, copyright claims, lawsuits…but how much would you risk for a fucking hobby you do for free? Would you risk your house? Your job? I would not. Grow up. No one cares what instance you use.

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[–] Snapz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This needs to be upvoted to the top.

All those entitled kids need to read this classic also: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/

[–] krakenx 5 points 1 year ago

That was a really good read. It explains why the internet since "Web 2.0" is getting so controlled by a handful of large corporations. It's basically impossible for small organisations to moderate and comply with all laws in all countries. Especially when a significant subset of their users are intentionally making it difficult.

[–] nomecks 4 points 1 year ago

Wow, Elon's nearly to 4 already!