The price this is referring to is not monetary. It's the loss of access and goods.
Kissaki
Governments won't see your friend's private messages and thus not request IPs. They're fine.
The executable being packed in an executable format means it has to be decompressed on each launch. If it doesn't it means it's not saving any space anyway.
I don't know what packing you're looking for, but Windows applications are typically installed with installers. An executable compressed executable goes against this; unless you want to pack installers.
Traditional file compression works well enough. People know to launch an msi or exe or read a README. Introducing non-standard tools is not necessarily a good idea, and certainly is not intuitive to users not already familiar with it.
I think variable bitrate is preferable. With a variable bitrate you don't have a single, specific, telling bitrate show up. In the end you depend on the encoder doing decent work. Which group names can be useful for, to identify and revisit good ones.
If you want to evade torrents;
The fansub group hi10anime has direct download links (ouo shortlink guarded, which is a non issue for me with ad blocker and browser addon auto-click). Only need a website account to see the post with links.
I know they have a Berserk 1997 encode/release. And other classic as well as recent anime.
Put your foot to the head like the cat 🫡
It may just be coincidental. Chasing hosters and legal battles takes time.
Random instances can group, that's soll random.
… new pirate sites appeared. Cost to the industry: $800m per month.
oh, because they're hosting those illegal sites? /s
Any large multi-national international competition with a significant public interest should have and require public access.
From the article it sounded like they were doing reviews, not let's plays. Reviews are inherently and substantially more transformative. They're not merely appending the content as it is played. They're supporting their assessments and reasoning with footage and proof.