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Despite all the lawsuits, it's still sailing
But not run by the original owners. And the current team is really shady. I wouldn't trust downloading an .exe from there.
Good thing you don't download executables from torrent sites?
Well, many do...
From the torrents though
Don't you ever pirate software?
My point is the executables are delivered by bittorrent, not from the pirate bay.
In that case your comment doesn't make much sense, because when people say "don't trust that torrent site" they mean the contents of the torrents hosted there. In fact, if you use magnets, you don't download anything at all from torrent sites ever.
Your browser downloads the web pages which includes the magnet text
So is your point to argue semantics?
"Downloading" colloquially referes to the proces of saving some data onto persistent storage device. When you open HTML pages they are loaded directly into RAM. They might be saved to drive if they are cached. But no regular person would refer to that process as downloading. Even I, as a webdev, don't.
I don't know what you want
There is a vocal contingency on this website that have no fuckin’ clue how any technology works, and they get really combatative when you even attempt to help them learn. It’s really weird.
There aren't that many. A good chunk of us here are Linux nerds. You don't have to be condescending about confronting (I assume) intentional misinterpretation of comments.
I suppose, at this point, I want to understand whether you accidentally misinterpreted the context of the original comment (downloading .exe from TPB) or intentionally misinterpreted it for "comedic effect".
Windows executables are really shady.
Riddled with malware, but still sailing
Been using it for decades, never an issue for me. What in the world are you trying to download over there??
Malware
Hi
Well if he's daft enough to go looking for it, what's he expecting?
Malware
Me when gaining access to the computer of someone I don't like
I'd say this might be true for programs, but as long as you download movies, shows and music I'd assume it's fine as long as you use common sense.
The technologically illiterate pirate is an easy target.
Just don't download any software and you'll be fine. Sure, there are better trackers for movies, TV shows and music nowadays, but I'm still glad we have The Pirate Bay