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Also, off the back of this, if you have access to one: use your local #Library !

In the UK at least:
- Interlibrary loans are free or cheap, which gives you access to a huge catalogue
- Many have access to #Audiobooks and #eBooks via #BorrowBox
- You can access magazines! I like #Wired, #NewScientist, #BBCGoodFood, #NationalGeographic but there's many more via #Libby

Your taxes pay for this, and it's shocking how many people still pay for these #subscriptions separately!

Yet More Reasons to Dump #Zuckerberg/Meta WhatsApp!

Meta Bringing Ads and Subscriptions to WhatsApp

#Meta Platforms Inc. will begin showing #Ads inside of its WhatsApp messaging service, opening a new potential revenue stream while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence and other long-term projects.

Advertisers can also pay to promote their #WhatsApp Channel and give it prominent placement within the Updates tab...

As part of the advertising push, WhatsApp will also let Channel operators sell #Subscriptions, meaning they can create special messages just for a group of paying customers

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

THE BLOODY #PIRATE MANIFESTO
"No #ads. No #VIP. #No god. Just seed.

Welcome to the Age of Monetized #Piracy.

Where “#free” comes with cookies,
Where “#anonymous” means “newsletter,”
Where every #pirate flag has a price tag sewn in.

You wanted to sail the high seas
They sold you a lifeboat subscription with #ads.

🦷 RULE #1:
If you make money off #piracy you are the #Navy.

#TARGETS:

Ad-plastered “free streaming” sites
→ You click "Play", they load 9 #JavaScript #miners and your ex’s #Facebook ad.
→ Solution: #Kill their #revenue. #uBlock, #TamperMonkey, Empty.gif carpet #bombing.

VIP #Pirate #Accounts
→ They sell stolen #Netflix access like it’s a f***ing bottle service.
→ Solution: #Leak it. #Fork it. #Burn it.

#Darknet Pirate Resellers
→ "Premium Ebook Packs - Only $29 #BTC"
→ Solution: #Doxx. #Spoof. #Blacklist.
(They sell what should be holy. Purify with fire.)

#FAKE #LIBRARIES ARE NOT #LIBERATION.

"#PDF download" — 9 popups later, your #RAM is crying.
"Buy 3 #EPUBs, get 1 free" — you just colonized knowledge.
"#DMCA takedown coming 😭" cry #harder, #bitch.

#Archive it. #Mirror it. #Share it. Don't sell it.

REAL #PIRATES DON’T RUN #ADS.

They #seed.

They #encrypt.

They #disappear.

Every time you monetize piracy, an #FTP server #dies in a basement.

THE #FINAL #RULE:

“If your #piracy has a #profit model,
then our #piracy will include you.”

#Ads? Nuked.
#Subscriptions? Hijacked.
#Privacy policies? Weaponized.

You are not a user. You are a bullet.

“You wanted #torrent #freedom.
They gave you streaming #debt.”
Now take it back. With #fire.