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People here all day defending p2p piracy but when you are taking the bandwidth from a multibillion, multinational corporation then you're the devil himself :'(
by vdaea 3y ago
People here all day defending p2p piracy but when you are taking the bandwidth from a multibillion, multinational corporation then you're the devil himself :'( :'( :'( :'(
- __warlord__ 3y agoI think the "hacker" part of "hacker news" doesn't mean much anymore.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- extheat 3y agoThe Hacker in hacker news was never meant to imply black hat/malicious types of hacking. There’s quite a difference between say, tearing something apart, reverse engineering it, breaking into something that _you_ own, versus trying to tear into something you don’t own without a really good reason. At the end of the day it’s about judgement and taste, there isn’t so much a hardline but there is a line on what we consider acceptable and unacceptable areas of exploitation. Beyond the piracy point, I think few could find this exploitative, it seems like a cool open source project that could genuinely offer better and customizable user experience.
- elashri 3y agoWhat in this project is about piracy? It does not give you free access you cannot have without it.
- mlrtime 3y agoThe article is still link here, so I say the hacker part is very much alive. That the comments aren't 100% all aligned is great, I come here for vigorous respectful debate. It helps me reflect on my position on topics. What's the problem?
- jbverschoor 3y ago"bandwidth from a multibillion, multinational corporation" that started out as a frontend for the pirate bay. They were probably friends, as both are from Sweden.
- portaouflop 3y agoSo they started out pirating music and then decided they want to get rich from stolen culture while giving nothing back. That is taking the whole pirate meme a bit too literally.
- jug 3y agoTheir Beta yeah, but the vast majority of their wealth is built on venture capital where they give many things back. It's a very popular service that musicians want to be on. Neither popularity nor musicians would happen if they didn't give anything back.
- portaouflop 3y agoJust because something is popular, backed by venture capital, or widely used does not guarantee that it is fair or positive for the culture.
- gsich 3y ago"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
- user_7832 3y agoWell people tend to forget this is Hacker News. Finding creative workarounds is part of the fun.