I think pirating from smaller ISPs is advantageous. Simply because a lot of the staff could not be as tech savvy to understand what you're downloading.

Big ISPs, it's a little harder but challenging and possible, because they know what to expect.

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[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago

Big or small, use a VPN and take them out of the equation.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Big companies are not inherently more tech savvy. Thats a misconception.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

if anything it's probably the opposite because smaller ones hire skilled, big ones don't want skilled because you'd question their garbage practices and get fired so they hire numpties who don't care or know

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just so let you know, if someone operates an ISP their staff is tech-savvy. Even if they are not, they still know what you download. They have logs and they are bound by law if some government agency wants your data. They will provide it.

[–] individual@toast.ooo 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

no BC I use incognito mode

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

incog is ONLY useful to keep your browsing "safe" on your machine from someone looking at your history. Your ISP still knows where you went and logged it, you need a VPN to potentially hide from your ISP. Or, live in a place that won't cough up your info. Historically in Canada, if we get "caught" pirating our ISP sends us the letter they received, wag their finger at us and move on, I've caught a few letters due to the kid

[–] remon@ani.social 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What are you pirating from your internet service provider? Or does ISP stand for something else I'm not aware off?

[–] DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm assuming he means pirating while using the service of a large or small ISP

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, sometimes the pedants of Lemmy get a bit grating (I'm guilty of it myself). Most people were able to understand that OP was asking whether smaller or larger internet service providers are easier to use for piracy without detection. Most who didn't get that context scrolled past.

That being said... OP's replies are hilarious LMFAO wtf is that shit

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To be fair, "from" is not grammatically incorrect here, it just sounds weird to a native speaker.

If you read "from" as in "I come from Georgia," rather than as, "I got peaches from Georgia," then it makes sense.

Think of it as saying like, "would it be better to fly to Europe from a small airport, or a large airport?"

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

I think it depends on the ISP. There are a few small ones that do not GAF what you do. I've been told "we do not care what you download, we only care that you can." There are a few big ones that are too big to care what people do on their network.

That said, you should always take precautions. A VPN is a good place to start.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Simplicity is the same. Nothing changes from a technical standpoint. If you live in a country where the government monitors what you're downloading, then use a VPN. No need to risk guessing if this provider will report you or not. You can't fight the oppression machine alone by yourself.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

I don’t think it matters much but on principle your ISP should not be a rights holder of any media.