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I've been trying to download media for a while now. I don't have a huge collection; most media is not actually very good. But, the internet soon will just be an
by everdrive 6mo ago
I've been trying to download media for a while now. I don't have a huge collection; most media is not actually very good. But, the internet soon will just be an awful conglomeration of cable TV / a big shitty mall / a horrible outrage & propaganda machine. It's already most of the way there. Either destroyed from within by bots, data brokers and corporations, or destroyed from without by government, surveillance, and regulation. I recommend you start treating the internet like a mall; it's not some place you'd actually like to go. You get in, get what you need, and get out. Some people will will disagree with the analogy on the grounds that they _like_ going to malls. Well, good news, the new internet might be for you.
- anthk 6mo agoI mainly post in Usenet and IRC, and download PD movies (seriously) and books. I don't pirate any more because even current pirated media it's somehow a free advertisement for these people. From Gutenberg, PD comics from the golden era -and pulp scifi-, noir movies, old weird science/fantasy series in B/W and whatnot, I'm pretty much covered. Ironically most current scifi media can be traced to...Bradbury novels, PKD's paranoia and some Weird Science comics. Once 1984 gets into PD, that's it. It is in Canada, but you can read it online as long as you don't download or share it: https://gutenbergcanada.ca/ebooks/ebooks/orwellg-nineteeneightyfour/orwellg-nineteeneightyfour-00-h.html https://gutenbergcanada.ca/ebooks/ebooks/orwellg-nineteeneig...