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Can someone tell me the reason why these people don't want to leave Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14knc6t/got_r4d_for_pirating_someone_elses_john_oliver_so/

Pirates want to stay on Reddit? This is the last group I had expected to have such a reaction, but here we are. Yes, the mod could have worded it better, but these people actually want to stick around on Reddit.

I personally find Lemmy to be a perfectly viable alternative to Reddit for such subs. I wonder about the reasons why these people still don't want to move.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have known about lemmy for a long time. Im happy its starting to have a population. Only reason I am sad to leave reddit is I have used it to save answers to my questions and save guides etc. Its more an archive for me

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Because people resent change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because they are very naughty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I have the opposite question, what trait of a pirate makes you think they would leave reddit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They generally dislike corporations, dislike being told what they can or cannot do, and have more technical expertise than the average person. They are extremely accustomed to finding and migrating to new platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Want to get stuff for free, but you don't want to pay for it, don't want to see ads either

But suddenly you get ad-infested Reddit app on mobile or you can't see the page. Must feel dumb

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Whether pirates have wanted or not if they pirated long enough they have experience lot of things being killed off. Torrent sites they relied on dying and disappearing for good like rarbg. Recent reddit causality being r/newyuzupiracy. Direct links being killed off like megaupload. Discord channels dedicated to piracy or jailbreaking being banned and killed off (why isn't stuff like matrix more common instead of hoping Discord ignores them?).

The constant search for new methods to piracy p2p, torrents, usenet, i2p, irc, discord bots, telegram bots, etc.

It's not an area that has stability so pushes people to constantly be searching and finding new ways to pirate. Being on centralized places has always been borrowed time. Piracy in the long run always ends up having to search for a new home, better places, better methods. It's a nomadic lifestyle in the digital space by the nature of it and the hostility towards pirates from those in power.

But, one thing that has remained a constant has been decentralization. With no better representation of that spirit than bittorrent. As long as a few people have it the source remains alive.