• Jeena@jemmy.jeena.netEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

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

    • Chais@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      191·
      1 year ago

      I’d expect a general understanding of the inherent weaknesses and drawbacks of centralised infrastructure.

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      205·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          82·
          1 year ago

          Yeah I think reddit is a behemoth that has subsumed many of the earlier, more separate internet forums and communities.

          I am hoping that the fediverse can reverse that trend and re-decentralize(!) the internet. The decentralized model is better for users (and humanity as a whole) after all, and reddit will continue to shoot itself in the foot by being greedy.

    • iopq@vlemmy.netEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      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

    • DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      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.