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[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 78 points 4 days ago (32 children)

Is this because they don’t know how to torrent? Or did the “you wouldn’t download a car” ads get into the water supply?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 53 points 4 days ago (9 children)

99% of internet users don't know what a torrent is.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 32 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Which is probably a good thing for torrent users

[–] ColonelSanders@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kinda the opposite given that's kinda the whole point of torrenting. The more people there are the faster the download speeds and longer the seed will stay up.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago

If copyright laws weren't draconian, maybe

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