Crocodile tears, piracy beats streaming and will continue to do so as long as availability is a problem. My example; a certain popcorn-related torrent site pro

Crocodile tears, piracy beats streaming and will continue to do so as long as availability is a problem. My example; a certain popcorn-related torrent site provides an archive of 315,669 movies. Total torrents: 916,518 Webrips, full Blu-ray rips, remuxes, 2160p, 1080p, 720p, 480p; h.265/h.264, x.265/x.264, you also have DVDs and even VHS. Some movies also offer 3D in various formats, some are director's cut, some are theatrical, some are uncut. I can go on, but just one movie is offered in a myriad of formats and options. Places like these are equivalent to the library of Alexandria. They must not fall because they hold valuable media that is not even available elsewhere. I remember Stallman mentioning a universal fee for internet access and all media, wishful thinking but for a subset of internet users this has been a reality for at least a decade. With self-hosting services, VPNs like WireGuard and nice apps like Infuse on the Apple TV that can connect to any server and play anything you throw at it there's no going back for me personally. At this point I find it morally imperative to keep seeding in order to keep media alive that would otherwise be lost to time because no-one else cares. The big companies are all about profits, it's up to the little man to save the ideals of the early internet.