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1. y-c-o-m-b · 1790266110 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm seeing "average" people adopt piracy at astonishing levels because of these decisions. I went over to a friend's house the other day and his relative sent him one of those Android TV devices with access to all the pirated content you could ever want. I would never have imagined him to be ok with it. This has been happening in my social circle at an accelerating rate. People that would have scolded me for doing the same 10 years ago are now doing it.

   1. jackb4040 · 1790266994 · focus · HN ↗

      Oh no, that's terrible! Please send me an example of one of those devices so I know what not to buy.

      1. spinach · 1790268604 · focus · HN ↗

         I mean, you really don't. They are mostly infected with malware, it will probably try compromise as many devices on your network as it can to make them part of a botnet and try to access as many files as it can.

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