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[–] stray@pawb.social 81 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don't pay them anything?

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm the same as you, but there are a lot of people that pay (monthly fees I believe!) for pre-built "android boxes".

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

strange, I've never seen an ad on piratebay or my regular streaming sites.