Kissaki

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[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Earlier this year Japanese lawmakers were shocked to realize that illegal consumption of manga cost the industry around 1 trillion yen.

Why do articles quoting shit like this never contextualize it?

I assume these numbers are, like they always are, a consumption = loss of buy equation, which is not a realistic calculation at all.

The article talks at length about accessibility, yet fails to point to that issue when quoting these "cost" numbers.

It's not like they're hosting any of those. It's not costing them anything. At most it should be labeled loss, but an equation makes no sense then either.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

cuiiliste.de is an effort (of one person) to make the list and its effects transparent, and inform about how you can switch DNS.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

A magnet link can be used to download the torrent file.

They're only more private in the sense that the link itself is not a torrent file you download and open. Instead, it's a link to that torrent file, downloadable through bittorrent.

It doesn't make your downloading any more private.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

How do they make their service "not available" to a country?

By IP address location? Which, in my understanding, is not accurate.

By terms, stating "you can't use it if you live there"?

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Port forwarding allows a connection to reach your fiber in the first place.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you buy the book but listen to it as an audiobook, wouldn't buying the audiobook in the first place be an option then?

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