All good, still looks like geocities had a stroke, still like it
I did some math. Someone could subscribe to five major streaming services, bundle secondary services, and spend ~$80/mo. They could also lay down $1000 on equipment, set up a home server, spend $5/month on a VPN service, "back up" their physical media, use Jellyfin to stream, and recoup their investment in just over a year.
If you're willing to deal with ancient, low end tech, you can spend way less than $1000. I've been asking friends and family to give me their e-junk for over a decade, and while I do wind up taking a lot of it to an actual recycler, I have several busted up machines that together can do everything I need. Plus they give me some redundancy when I inevitably mess one of them up by accident.
It's kinda like using docker, but way less energy efficient! The amount I would be spending on subscriptions is a lot more than the bump to my power bill, though.
Yeah, I was going to teach myself some of that self-hosting magic, but I was wandering through microcenter and saw a 16TB hdd on sale for $250. I immediately bought it, then decided "in for a penny…" and bought a two bay Synology NAS. I picked up another 16TB hdd a year later for ~$260 for backup, got em in a RAID 1 setup. I like redundancy.
Got things set up, cancelled my subscriptions, and it's been two years of mostly good times
BTW i know next to nothing about computers beyond basic Windows use, and building PCs for friends and family. My first few times trying to get something from GitHub was… challenging. But I've managed in the last couple of years to put Lineage OS on an old Pixel, set up the network stuff so my family can use Jellyfin on their TVs and access my "server" remotely. My proudest moment to date was sideloading Jellyfin onto my Samsung TV. That took some work for someone of my limited ability
This makes me wonder just how many copyrighted files the average person has illegally downloaded. There's about 1,300 NES games and I think the total file size of all them together is about half a gigabyte for example. I feel like it wouldn't be too hard for a casual data hoarder to have 100,000 files copyrighted files.
There was another one where anon makes the company go bankrupt, buys it and deletes the pirated software, making them a billionare but I just found this small version
Yeah, I download all the foss projects too, then donate a bit to support the devs, then share propaganda about it to people around me.
But I can't do that when there is a megacorp in between, all the monies go to shareholders and like maybe one headline dev or artist that probably didn't even work on the project.
The only illegal part is obtaining the first copy by signing a contract and then breaking it by sharing.
The ethical concern of author loosing profit is sort of same as a library lending a book, only the scale is different. Also that argument is based on the assumption that if someone can obtain good work for free the won't pay no matter their capability.
And for most big publications the publisher or the 'rightholder' aka copyright trolls profits most from copyright enforcement, not the creators themselves.
20 Comments
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
I like your style , keep on keeping on.
glorious_goldfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y
Thanks but sadly not my OC. I agree it’s a fantastic image but don’t want to take credit for what isn’t mine
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
All good, still looks like geocities had a stroke, still like it
I did some math. Someone could subscribe to five major streaming services, bundle secondary services, and spend ~$80/mo. They could also lay down $1000 on equipment, set up a home server, spend $5/month on a VPN service, "back up" their physical media, use Jellyfin to stream, and recoup their investment in just over a year.
Not that I've done that
BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
If you're willing to deal with ancient, low end tech, you can spend way less than $1000. I've been asking friends and family to give me their e-junk for over a decade, and while I do wind up taking a lot of it to an actual recycler, I have several busted up machines that together can do everything I need. Plus they give me some redundancy when I inevitably mess one of them up by accident.
It's kinda like using docker, but way less energy efficient! The amount I would be spending on subscriptions is a lot more than the bump to my power bill, though.
jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Reminds me of the ps2 supercomputer by Saddam
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, I was going to teach myself some of that self-hosting magic, but I was wandering through microcenter and saw a 16TB hdd on sale for $250. I immediately bought it, then decided "in for a penny…" and bought a two bay Synology NAS. I picked up another 16TB hdd a year later for ~$260 for backup, got em in a RAID 1 setup. I like redundancy.
Got things set up, cancelled my subscriptions, and it's been two years of mostly good times
BTW i know next to nothing about computers beyond basic Windows use, and building PCs for friends and family. My first few times trying to get something from GitHub was… challenging. But I've managed in the last couple of years to put Lineage OS on an old Pixel, set up the network stuff so my family can use Jellyfin on their TVs and access my "server" remotely. My proudest moment to date was sideloading Jellyfin onto my Samsung TV. That took some work for someone of my limited ability
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
But copyright is a fuck! Take credit! /j
Laser@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
I feel like this is a good moment to mention Neocities
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space · 16 pts · 1y
This makes me wonder just how many copyrighted files the average person has illegally downloaded. There's about 1,300 NES games and I think the total file size of all them together is about half a gigabyte for example. I feel like it wouldn't be too hard for a casual data hoarder to have 100,000 files copyrighted files.
programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 1y
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Truly devilish >:3
programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
There was another one where anon makes the company go bankrupt, buys it and deletes the pirated software, making them a billionare but I just found this small version
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
spread the message
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Keep Circulating The Tapes
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
2038, Y2K’s cooler sibling.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, I download all the foss projects too, then donate a bit to support the devs, then share propaganda about it to people around me.
But I can't do that when there is a megacorp in between, all the monies go to shareholders and like maybe one headline dev or artist that probably didn't even work on the project.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It is not a copyright violation to download. It is not a copyright violation to share.
Copyright violation only occurs when you profit off of somebody's property OR when you sign and break a legally binding contract/license
Piracy is more often than not legal, but they don't want people to know this.
serenissi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The only illegal part is obtaining the first copy by signing a contract and then breaking it by sharing.
The ethical concern of author loosing profit is sort of same as a library lending a book, only the scale is different. Also that argument is based on the assumption that if someone can obtain good work for free the won't pay no matter their capability.
And for most big publications the publisher or the 'rightholder' aka copyright trolls profits most from copyright enforcement, not the creators themselves.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Only if that contract was legally binding. Many such licenses are actually unlawful.
Klear@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
License violation Anish.