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📈 Piracy is rising fast—and it's not just nostalgia.

🔹 15+ billion piracy site visits in 2023
🔹 Software piracy remains ~37%
🔹 Music piracy jumped 13% in a year
🔹 Streaming piracy up 36% since 2020

Why the increase?

Subscription fatigue

Rising costs across SaaS and entertainment

Fragmented content (too many platforms)

DRM is punishing legit users

Loss of ownership in digital goods

People aren’t just stealing—they’re pushing back.

When paid options are worse than pirated ones, the system is broken. Time to rethink value, access, and trust.

I'm noticing a rise in software, media, and game piracy again. Why?

Because people are fed up.

SaaS fatigue. Subscription overload. Constant price hikes with minimal improvements. Products we never truly "own." DRM that breaks more than it protects.

It’s no longer just about "getting it free"—for many, it’s a protest. When Photoshop is $30/month and requires internet to launch, and movies are split across 6+ overpriced services, people will rebel.

We’ve modernized the tools, but repeated the mistake:
Make access too expensive or too frustrating, and piracy becomes a more ethical experience.

People don’t want to be free. They want fairness.

#FOSS#SaaS#Piracy

Meta AI users are unknowingly posting private chats — from confessions to political views — on a public feed. 🤖

This comes as the 2025 Incogni report ranks Meta last in AI privacy, citing invasive data use and poor transparency 🔓⚠️

If AI feels human, can we still trust it with personal info?

@NaomiNix
@nitashatiku
@washingtonpost

washingtonpost.com/technology/

The Washington Post · Meta AI users confide on sex, God and Trump. Some don’t know it’s public.By Naomi Nix
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@cliffwade
Totally agree beause the human connection builds real trust, especially in life support. At squads.com, we see AI as a tool to assist, not to replace people. Maybe it’s time more companies asked where AI adds value, not just if it can.

Where do youu think AI helps?
#TechEthics #AIUse