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I miss the days of discovering random sites that had their own content. I remember discovering the warez scene and using IRC to snatch up the latest discography

by xyst 2y ago

I miss the days of discovering random sites that had their own content. I remember discovering the warez scene and using IRC to snatch up the latest discography or film. I think I discovered new films and music just by browsing what was served up. It’s a shame torrenting never became mainstream for legitimate content. Commenting and community engagement can be distributed or federated like Lemmy or mastodon and “primary content” to be distributed/streamed via P2P. Successful content creators can ultimately pay for VPS to help distribute/seed. And upstarts can share their content on their residential connection.

tjpnz 2y ago
>I remember discovering the warez scene and using IRC to snatch up the latest discography or film. I think I discovered new films and music just by browsing what was served up. In terms of discoverability their websites were better than the streamers of today - and we're going back 20+ years here. There's a strong argument to be made that price is only a small part in why people opt for piracy. The UI/UX is better, the support is better, even the situation around privacy is better provided you're going somewhere legit.