HackerJoe

Let's say I don't envy you. No hard feeling. More like admiration for finding a way. ;)
Do you have a phone, tablet or chromebook? I'd figure pirating on Android is a bit more cumbersome. Do you have total commander? Or how do you extract RARs?

You didn't say what content you were after. I am guessing movies and tv?

DDG, Google

Those are censored. You could try Yandex. It has some scam sites but much better results.

OS - Android

Oof.

Not necessarily. The bus will still operate, if you ride on it or not. The cost is the same.
If say 20% of passengers don't pay and you have to get more buses and drivers because of that. Then it'll affect prices.

Just as pirating Netflix movies without ever having the intention of paying for them is the same outcome as not watching them.
Maybe worse for Netflix since you won't tell your friends about it. There are studies that prove this effect.

Sadly Denuvo runs pretty well on Wine nowadays. Otherwise Steamdeck users might have had some voice in opposing it.

I wouldn't rely on that being mole free. Check your tracker's rules before using a VPN. They might require a static IP.

He has paid storage on vimeo. But I think he stopped when they started requiring age verification for unrated videos.

The app will also link all platforms. If you subscribe to Louis for example you will also get his videos on Odysee, Rumble and whatever else he has. That's what this string in his channel info does: 4Y1IC54hpe60aqaLCgjn7zlcSMH/IPxh5/cLnX6RKp0=

So if Youtube finally bans him, nothing will change for Grayjay users.

That's the real point of Grayjay I think. It aggregates Youtube, Twitch and all the other stuff. Nice side effect is getting rid of all the ads and providing its own spam free, uncensored comment section.

Taking something from Walmart removes the item. This can increase prices for other shoppers and has consequences.

Duplicating/downloading a movie or a games does not. It just creates an identical copy and removes nothing.

Those are not really two things you can compare. I am totally OK with the latter, I consider the former unlawful. I can still go and buy a license to pirated content if I feel it's worth it after I consumed it. I guess Walmart would be very confused if you came back to pay for the banana you stole a week ago because you did enjoy it. Might even get you into trouble.

EDIT: And you're right, it doesn't make sense that piracy is illegal. The law should be changed. At least the punishment is ridiculous.

That was super helpful to just grab one or two broken files from any installed software though. I just had a 250GB ISO with 2MB of compressed zeroes to get into servers with ridiculous requirements. Fun times...