Eli5 How are websites able to provide pirated content for free? Doesn’t it cost money to host the content, program and maintain the site etc?
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Two reasons:
1. Ads. There are a lot of companies such as porn websites, sketchy marketplaces, scammers, etc. that would never be able to advertise on a normal website, but piracy websites will happily take their money.
2. Most piracy websites use torrents, meaning the actual files aren’t hosted on the website and the website just provides a link. Links are cheap, so they really don’t need much money to keep going.
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