I feel like this whole hobby has always existed on the verge of being deleted for whatever reason, and I am forever grateful that there are people who put this stuff up in the first place.

Still need to work out a way for me to help out.

Ooh, I hadn’t considered checking archive.org. Seems useful, albeit very random.

Heh, more of this shit.

Remember, the only reason we can still watch the highly influential 1922 vampire movie Nosferatu today is because some people didn’t destroy all their copies despite a court saying they had to.

DISOBEY DESTRUCTION ORDERS.

COPY ALL THE THINGS.

Hell, Crunchyroll was a pirate site until it converted into not being one.

Do they still do takedowns for videos based on that content IDing if the video isn’t even monetized in the first place?

Like, I know youtubers who try to make money hate this, but what about youtubers who aren’t in it for the money but just want to throw content on the platform? Can stuff like AMVs actually stay up?

Because, frankly, I’ve found that it’s been pretty easy to dodge YouTube ads, by means of uBlock Origin.

Frankly speaking, it’s not like anyone on the internet can tell the difference. And, at least speaking personally, it’s not like I need to know. If they crack stuff well they crack stuff well. If their political views suck their political views suck. So be it.

Ironically I’ve seen some pirate sites that also suggest related items.

Doesn’t mean Netflix is worth using of course.

I know some people (albeit mainly writers of gaming-related and gaming-adjacent works) use itch.io for this, because it has a built-in ability to let people pay what they want with a minimum amount to get the product.

Edit: Now that I think about it I’ve seen comics there too.

Pardon me for living under a rock, but what’s wrong with uTorrent?

On the contrary, I think the incentive would be for Unity to let the pirated install keep existing because that would mean more money they can extort from developers/publishers.