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Forgeties79yesterday at 3:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

They got caught torrenting unbelievable amounts of content, an act that committed even just a few times can get my home Internet shut down with no recourse (best outcome). Literally nothing happened. Combine the fact that nothing legally significant ever happens to them with zuckerburg’s colossal ego and complete lack of ethical foundation, and you have quite the recipe.

And I’m not even getting into the obvious negative social/political repercussions that have come directly from Facebook and their total lack of accountability/care. They make the world worse. Aside from the inconvenience for hobbyist communities and other groups, all of which should leave Facebook anyway, we would lose nothing of value if Facebook was shut down today. The world would get slightly better.


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gruezyesterday at 6:49 PM

>an act that committed even just a few times can get my home Internet shut down with no recourse (best outcome).

No, the best (and also most likely) outcome is you using a VPN and nothing happens, like 99.9% of pirates out there.

>Literally nothing happened.

Isn't there a lawsuit in the works?

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bayarearefugeeyesterday at 4:08 PM

> Literally nothing happened.

The true wealthy live by an entirely different set of rules than the rest of us, especially when they are willing to prostrate themselves to the US President.

This has always been true to some degree, but is both more true than ever (there used to be some limits based on accepted decorum) plus they just dont even try to hide it anymore.

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