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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by irrational on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:14AM (#31410973)
Hoarding does seem to be the issue. We aren’t on dial up connections anymore. I can grab a movie torrent and it will download within a minute or so.
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by lowercased on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:00AM (#31411716)
Much of what we grab via torrent often takes a long time - generally slightly obscure stuff, so we 'hoard' a bit. No more than maybe high single digit terabytes, but... we can't always get some of this (older shows/movies, foreign stuff, etc).

The upside is that we have a lot to share with folks (mostly family) who've not necessarily seen this stuff (and can't typically find it on services in our area).