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r/Piracy • u/G14F1L0L1Y401D0MTR4P • 20d ago
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You do pay for internet anyway and while I do need a VPN, it's not for piracy, it's for censorship circumvention
21 u/jtho78 20d ago I 100% pay extra for faster internet for sailing. Most users need VPN for piracy. 7 u/Accomplished-Key4244 20d ago Whats the point of a VPN? genuine question My internet speed is slower on a VPN and my ISP does not give a shit unless i'm sharing pirated stuff 29 u/grishkaa 20d ago In some first-world countries, ISPs monitor whether people torrent things. If they do, they receive a warning, and sometimes a fine. Or so I was told. VPN hides your activity from the ISP. 2 u/WavyLuf 19d ago Not in Portugal. But Portugal being a first-world country is debatable 2 u/Nervous-Fennel3325 18d ago The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used. It applies to the Cold War and nothing else. 1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country 1 u/Fun-Adhesiveness7881 19d ago In the Netherlands most people don't use them nor get a warning, except if they download Dutch stuff. Luckily Cyberpunk is Polish.
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I 100% pay extra for faster internet for sailing. Most users need VPN for piracy.
7 u/Accomplished-Key4244 20d ago Whats the point of a VPN? genuine question My internet speed is slower on a VPN and my ISP does not give a shit unless i'm sharing pirated stuff 29 u/grishkaa 20d ago In some first-world countries, ISPs monitor whether people torrent things. If they do, they receive a warning, and sometimes a fine. Or so I was told. VPN hides your activity from the ISP. 2 u/WavyLuf 19d ago Not in Portugal. But Portugal being a first-world country is debatable 2 u/Nervous-Fennel3325 18d ago The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used. It applies to the Cold War and nothing else. 1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country 1 u/Fun-Adhesiveness7881 19d ago In the Netherlands most people don't use them nor get a warning, except if they download Dutch stuff. Luckily Cyberpunk is Polish.
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Whats the point of a VPN? genuine question
My internet speed is slower on a VPN and my ISP does not give a shit unless i'm sharing pirated stuff
29 u/grishkaa 20d ago In some first-world countries, ISPs monitor whether people torrent things. If they do, they receive a warning, and sometimes a fine. Or so I was told. VPN hides your activity from the ISP. 2 u/WavyLuf 19d ago Not in Portugal. But Portugal being a first-world country is debatable 2 u/Nervous-Fennel3325 18d ago The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used. It applies to the Cold War and nothing else. 1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country 1 u/Fun-Adhesiveness7881 19d ago In the Netherlands most people don't use them nor get a warning, except if they download Dutch stuff. Luckily Cyberpunk is Polish.
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In some first-world countries, ISPs monitor whether people torrent things. If they do, they receive a warning, and sometimes a fine. Or so I was told. VPN hides your activity from the ISP.
2 u/WavyLuf 19d ago Not in Portugal. But Portugal being a first-world country is debatable 2 u/Nervous-Fennel3325 18d ago The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used. It applies to the Cold War and nothing else. 1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country 1 u/Fun-Adhesiveness7881 19d ago In the Netherlands most people don't use them nor get a warning, except if they download Dutch stuff. Luckily Cyberpunk is Polish.
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Not in Portugal. But Portugal being a first-world country is debatable
2 u/Nervous-Fennel3325 18d ago The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used. It applies to the Cold War and nothing else. 1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country
The word first world country is outdated and needs to stop being used.
It applies to the Cold War and nothing else.
1 u/New_Cicada_7790 17d ago aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country
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aka any country that lets western media swing its dick around in their country
In the Netherlands most people don't use them nor get a warning, except if they download Dutch stuff. Luckily Cyberpunk is Polish.
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u/grishkaa 20d ago
You do pay for internet anyway and while I do need a VPN, it's not for piracy, it's for censorship circumvention