For too long imo, piracy had become a “grab it all” environment. The old “Caring is Sharing” mantra seems to have disappeared. So maybe, this Lemmy could revert back 20-30 years to become a real sharing community. IDK.

  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    In a similar vein people on soulseek who have all their files locked unless you trade with them, particularly the ones who want gift vouchers and shit like that I feel goes against the community spirit of piracy as a whole. If I get hold of something rare or that has broken street date i’m excited to share it with others who may no be able to get it for whatever reason.

    Really pisses me off scrolling through my search results seeing loads of lock symbols with user info listing demands that must be met for you to be oh so privaledged enough to receive a right to download from them. It goes against what I grew up knowing piracy to be, I’m guessing I am a similar age to you though.

    And to all you soulseek users listing locked files with lists of demands to access them. Fuck you.

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      1 year ago

      That’s such a weird attitude to have. I LOVE when I see people have downloaded mp3s or comics off me. Makes me feel like I’m a better person having shared.

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      1 year ago

      I honestly never noticed it :D is there like a setting to turn off seeing those lock symbol people? I must have that on :D

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      1 year ago

      Yeah that is annoying as hell. Like I get it if it’s just like “my files are private, I’ll open them if you have shares” but that whole “I need X album FLAC and a $50 baskin robbins gift card and then I might share with you” shit is the lamest thing I’ve ever seen.

      • neo (he/him)@lemmy.comfysnug.space
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        1 year ago

        The lamest shit i’ve ever seen is someone had thousands of fake folders set up to look like they were seeding but they had 0 actual content shared.