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For me has been books for work and audiobooks for my iPod. Also some unraid licenses

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wish pirating subs was easier! That would be my second most if true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah it’s hard to find them for Asian stuff particularly

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Classified Docs to post on my Warthunder Account so I can win a debate.

/s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Educational content. I'll get udemy or pluralsite content if I'm studying a topic. It has helped me earn certs and stay informed on different tech.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

lol, got to argue about the new eurofighter some how

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Audiobooks! I buy the books but I'm too lazy to read them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Where’s a good place to find them? I was going to go back to Usenet for lack of other options, but need to look at what’s actually getting posted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Myanonamouse is the best place for audiobooks IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Audio Books Bay (ABB) is good too.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

Scientific papers

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That’s 3d printing files right? Where can you pirate them and what wouldn’t be on thingiverse?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a ton of commercial/locked-behind-patreon stuff, usually around things like RPG scenery or figures and such.

Like, an immense library of shit that's not free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh yeah, like 40k stuff? Where do you find this stuff? I have access to unlimited free PLA

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Check out kemono.su / kemono.party. They're a patreon(among other subscription service) archive site that makes use of crowdsourced keys. It'll initially look like 110% porn, but you can often find other patreons there if you search those specifically, such as those for 3d printing stls. It can sometimes be hit or miss whether they properly archive downloads, but they're usually a worthwhile option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I don't have a specific place; just some of the private general-purpose trackers I'm on will occasionally have someone come by and dump a pile of STLs from various places on them.

(The private part, unfortunately, means I can't actually share more, sorry - fight club rules and whatnot.)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Depending on your political views you could download open-source files for guns in case they get taken down

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not really piracy, is it? I'd say it's more like censorship circumvention.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Why have I never thought of that...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Don’t be so quick, John Smith of 123 yuhmamah ln.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Scientific papers, I love doing research and a university .edu address doesn’t last forever. Not a damn chance I’m paying for those journals lol, shoutout scihub

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

True! Wish there was one for humanities :/

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Apps that have what I think are unfair payment structures.

No, I'm not paying a > hundred dollar subscription for your app with server-side features I didn't ask for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Great point! I did this with Adobe until I switched to Linux

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Boardgames.

I am still to actually print them. But I have the files.

RPG books. These I actually have them printed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting. How much do you spend to print a typical core rulebook of say, the coastal magician type?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

B&w around 2-3 cents/page, depends on the amount of ink coverage.

Then binding is free where I do it, and shipping cost. Maybe 5-10€ depending number of pages. I did like a bunch of books at once to reduce shipping.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That’s really cool actually

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Printer ink. I got a cheap canon printer and drilled holes in the ink cartridges so I can refill them using generic ink for 1/1000th the cost of what the printer companies charge.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could you link how? That’s so cool

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure thing, this outlines how to modify the ink carts: https://www.wikihow.com/Refill-Canon-Cartridges

And you can buy bulk printer ink for around $10 for all 3 colors+black on sites like amazon or ebay.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Might be controversial, but I pirate OnlyFans content (porn). I ain't payin a monthly subscription for that shit. Telegram is pretty great for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Could you share a bit more about how you use telegram for that purpose? I'd like to learn more. Thanks. I've never used telegram before btw....

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

backups of books I have bought with ebooks..

Foliate on linux is a great ebook reader

(or KOreader on both androix linux - this setup allows you sync your page progress)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like to pirate old dance music tracks from the 90's

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I'm blue

abadidabidy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Comics (though it probably falls into 'basic media'), well over 1TB at this point either way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I don't think I'd like to admit to anything. But during my research, I found large compilations of leaked passwords, sheet music for not so popular music instruments, vintage software and abandonware...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you explain pirating of unraid licenses? I have already paid for one but didn't know this was possible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There’s a crack of it running around that tricks it into thinking you have a license. Of course idk if they also changed something nefarious.

I ran it for a while before I decided it wasn’t worth the risk and also run more Linux now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Solidworks CAD software. Adobe projects

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