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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years::undefined

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[–] WhiteOakBayou 90 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How much has total web traffic increased in the same time? I feel like the number is meaningless without something to compare it to.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

I can't think of anything in the last four years that would cause an increase in total web traffic. ~/s~

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

I was curious too and checked the article but skimming it, instead of a total, I found this:

A new analysis from MUSO, a U.K.-based anti-piracy analyst [...]

With the study being done by a clearly biased person/group and that large omission, I think it's fair to assume that the % of total web traffic going to pirates might not have gone up all that much, maybe it even went down.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] WhiteOakBayou 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for pulling the data