It’s also caused the VPN market to explode. 10 years ago, very few people knew what a VPN was or even needed one. Bit torrent block lists used to be good enough to protect you. But media companies became more aggressive, and everyone switched to VPNs.
They are going to make it so the only way to “own” media is to pirate it.
I think there is some serious irony at play. There attempts to stop piracy have just made it worse.
It’s also caused the VPN market to explode. 10 years ago, very few people knew what a VPN was or even needed one. Bit torrent block lists used to be good enough to protect you. But media companies became more aggressive, and everyone switched to VPNs.
What we really need is everyone to switch to i2p. (It offers much better protection)