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It seems so strange to me that we are locked in battle with providers mining our lives for whatever, and we have to work our asses off trying to stay anonymous, to the point of being denied service (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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or even pseudo-incriminated for attempting to maintain our own life.

It seems so stupid that I'm like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don't want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don't want to "sign up."

It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I'm not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that's enough.

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Allow install from unknown source" permission for f-droid, and verifying the f-droid download's checksum are too complicated/involved for many people, especially when compared to what another commenter rightly called "aggressively placed" spyware-laden alternatives.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Nobody verifies the checksum. It installs just fine (probably) if you don't. Just like reading the EULA.

Sure, it's a good step if you're extra paranoid, but otherwise people are just allowing installs from unknown sources and immediately installing, especially since Android takes you straight to those settings when you try to launch a downloaded APK.