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Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - Ecks - 08-09-2017
Microsoft to stop illegal downloads as Kodi, The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and others to be blocked in Windows 10
The fight against piracy has been a long one. With people on either side of the fight & debate sticking to their guns on the matter. However, it now looks like the software giant might change the piracy landscape once and for all.
Read More @ https://www.techworm.net/2017/05/microsofts-windows-10-block-downloads-kodi-pirate-bay-kickasstorrents-others.html
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - 3rd Impact - 08-09-2017
If you're one anything past windows 7 im smh'ing at you.
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - mothered - 08-09-2017
There's speculation of this for a little while now.
It doesn't stop anyone from dual-booting on the Linux platform and downloading torrents thereafter.
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - phyrrus9 - 08-09-2017
(08-09-2017, 03:31 AM)Ecks Wrote: Microsoft to stop illegal downloads as Kodi, The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and others to be blocked in Windows 10
The fight against piracy has been a long one. With people on either side of the fight & debate sticking to their guns on the matter. However, it now looks like the software giant might change the piracy landscape once and for all.
Read More @ https://www.techworm.net/2017/05/microsofts-windows-10-block-downloads-kodi-pirate-bay-kickasstorrents-others.html
That's amusing, since Kodi is a "trusted" app on the windows store
(08-09-2017, 06:49 AM)mothered Wrote: There's speculation of this for a little while now.
It doesn't stop anyone from dual-booting on the Linux platform and downloading torrents thereafter.
Or you know....just manually edit the hosts file...since that's likely how they would block it anyways...
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - Blink - 08-09-2017
I'm watching Microsoft slowly kill off their Windows users. It's kinda like watching Apple fuck up all their hardware.
Eh, more for MacOS, Linux distros, and BSD forks.
I predict that Ubuntu will have a rough time soon, but that's just my personal thought...
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - phyrrus9 - 08-09-2017
(08-09-2017, 07:34 AM)Ender Wrote: I predict that Ubuntu will have a rough time soon, but that's just my personal thought...
Oh god....ubuntu is total shit... they lost their linux poweruser foundations for more PC and old person friendly UIs
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - mothered - 08-09-2017
(08-09-2017, 07:32 AM)phyrrus9 Wrote: Or you know....just manually edit the hosts file...since that's likely how they would block it anyways...
Yes, It may well be the case via the Hosts file.
Just enter a Loopback address.
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - DarkMuse - 08-09-2017
(08-09-2017, 07:32 AM)phyrrus9 Wrote:(08-09-2017, 03:31 AM)Ecks Wrote: Microsoft to stop illegal downloads as Kodi, The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and others to be blocked in Windows 10
The fight against piracy has been a long one. With people on either side of the fight & debate sticking to their guns on the matter. However, it now looks like the software giant might change the piracy landscape once and for all.
Read More @ https://www.techworm.net/2017/05/microsofts-windows-10-block-downloads-kodi-pirate-bay-kickasstorrents-others.html
That's amusing, since Kodi is a "trusted" app on the windows store
(08-09-2017, 06:49 AM)mothered Wrote: There's speculation of this for a little while now.
It doesn't stop anyone from dual-booting on the Linux platform and downloading torrents thereafter.
Or you know....just manually edit the hosts file...since that's likely how they would block it anyways...
(08-09-2017, 07:34 AM)Ender Wrote: I'm watching Microsoft slowly kill off their Windows users. It's kinda like watching Apple fuck up all their hardware.
Eh, more for MacOS, Linux distros, and BSD forks.
I predict that Ubuntu will have a rough time soon, but that's just my personal thought...
@ender currently everyone is shitting on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, I think, has had it's time in the stockades. Seems like everyone gets a rotation of getting shit on. I'm guessing CentOS or Debian will be next with some kind of breaking feature or something of the like.
Odds are Windows will fuck up this blocking thing too either through some new method that breaks other stuff or via the old ways of HOSTS file. I'm not really sweating it tbh.
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - Blink - 08-09-2017
@DarkMuse I was before the reddit wave, and we have plenty of reasons to dislike it.
Also, Windows is constantly shit on.
EDIT:
Wait a minute...
Kodi isn't illegal...
RE: Windows 10 To Block Popular Torrent Sites - Korvidius - 08-09-2017
I don't care if I have to pirate Windows 7, it's still going to be a thing whether they like it or not