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This still baffles me, but I guess it's good for federation? (i.imgflip.com)
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[โ€“] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hosting is the legal issue. Linking to illegal content that somebody else is hosting is much harder to tackle legally, which is why isohunt was around for so long despite being based in the US. IIRC they shut down not because they lost any lawsuits but because they just couldn't afford the legal battle.

[โ€“] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, and Lenny world's pockets are tiny probably