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"Stronger than ever"... I still feel like the golden age of piracy is long lost
Ship based piracy absolutely.
Digital piracy:
I remember Kazaa and LimeWire where you hoped the thing you were downloading for hours/days wasn't a virus or a joke meme making fun of you for trusting someone. Getting an entire album of mp3s that were actually the band you hoped for and not missing any songs was a minor miracle.
Now there are dozens of automated tools that talk to each other. I type the name of the movie into a search bar, look through a list of posters and click the 'request' button. It get's torrented in the background and then shows up on my Plex server. If I paid for a usenet group all that could happen an order of magnitude faster.
Search in one place, watch in one place.
It's not quite as instant as streaming, but at this point I have such a back catalogue to work through that that isn't really an issue.
You ain't kidding! I recently got Sonarr/Radar/Prowlarr/Overseer setup and oh my gosh is it glorious! Look through trending movies/shows, couple clicks and it's in Jellyfin in minutes. The industry is going to have to produce something VERY consumer-focused/friendly to even begin to tempt me away from this. They done fucked up. 😂