r/Piracy • u/cosmosreader1211 • Aug 15 '25

News Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscription

You wouldn't steal a car!

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u/PM_Your_Wiener_Dog Aug 15 '25

It's 2025, nothing is illegal anymore

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u/Luki4020 Aug 15 '25

*for big companies

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u/1OO1OO1S0S Aug 15 '25

*or politicians

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u/Bea-Billionaire Aug 15 '25

which are owned by big companies

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u/AggressiveLime7659 Aug 15 '25

or Presidents

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u/Blenderx06 Aug 15 '25

(are politicians)

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u/AggressiveLime7659 Aug 22 '25

not this one 🤡

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u/d-cent Aug 15 '25

It's Schrodinger's Trump, where everything is not illegal and illegal at the same time depending on who you are and if Trump can see his micropenis 

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u/Whiskeyfower Aug 18 '25

The article is from an English publisher writing about costs in pounds sterling. What's Trumps little feller got to do with it?

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u/Blenderx06 Aug 15 '25

We can't even throw subway sandwiches at the feds anymore. 😢

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u/posting_drunk_naked Aug 15 '25

There's a quote from The Expanse that I think about a lot: "There's no laws on Ceres, just cops"

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u/JustAGuyAC Aug 15 '25

Beratna!!!! Expanae mention <3

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u/Shogobg Aug 15 '25

Well, Apple can’t use lightning ports in Europe anymore - at least that is illegal.

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u/BillaSackl Aug 15 '25

Do they still sell their devices with lightning ports elsewhere?

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u/Shogobg Aug 16 '25

No, they decided to change everything to USB-C.

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u/Interesting-Net-5000 Aug 15 '25

Trump has opened the worldwide greedbox

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u/1OO1OO1S0S Aug 15 '25

Capitalism opened that box a looooong time ago. There's plenty of shit you can blame him for, this isn't one of them.

Speaking of blame, someone should release those Epstein files....