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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all,

I'm a huge amateur when it comes to this stuff (I had a guy hold my hand on the phone and walk me through this) but I use Newsgroupdirect and buy blocks when they go on sale.

Is there a better group to do this from (or cheaper). I'm happy here but I saw an article that had some different places listed and it got me thinking.

Which group do you use?

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But man, paying for pirated content? Even if you ignore everything else, it's over the line.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're not paying for the content, you're paying for the server upkeep. I assume you don't donate to people who rip your favourite albums/films either or to people who seed a lot.

You could just physical if you wanted to not pay a few dollars to piracy services, but those will be more expensive

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

You’re not paying for the content, you’re paying for the server upkeep.

This is a very, very questionable statement, we all know that people do profit from selling access to piracy.