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Canada's 'Expanded Scope' Blocking Order Targets Existing and Future Pirate Sites
(torrentfreak.com)
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The goal isn't necessarily to outright prevent piracy (but obviously they would if they could). But, by keeping such sites constantly changing it prevents sites from gaining notoriety and keeps people who aren't very tech savvy (the majority) away from torrenting. They may get a site they can trust from a friend, but when that site goes down in a month the hope is they just give up. The faster the churn the more normie users can be kept away from piracy.
Jellyfin is pretty great, but still requires the user be on somewhat close terms with someone tech savvy. Torrenting more generally has the (false) perception of being very risky. It's not about stopping people in the know, we aren't good consumers anyway, it's about stopping tech illiterate people.