• RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Also, they just translate estimated number of downloads to potentially sold tickets 1:1 (they always have). As if a pirate would actually watch all that shit if they had to pay for it. Many probably even don’t after download (like Steam games on sale).

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      7 months ago

      Especially if it’s torrents on private trackers where you download stuff you don’t want just to build up ratio

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        7 months ago

        Trackers that make users do that are plainly scams. Probably run by the mpaa to slow down piracy.

        It creates a deadlock where nobody dowloads and nobody uploads. 500 seeds terabytes wasted, sitting with idle internet connections, nobody downloading.