Also this comment:
I will not be spinning up instances of anything. I will seed hashes in bittorrent-like P2P networks, I will put my posts where they fit, I will look for posts from others in the most anti-censorship ways I can find, and I will hope devs and server admins create a version of Lemmy that’s fitting for more of my posts - while hurrying toward a possible future where Tor isn’t enough to make Lemmy relevant anymore, because P2P networks become the only place worth posting anything.
I don’t get the argument. Hexbear doesn’t ban links in general.
The ToS also doesn’t mention that we shouldn’t post warez to avoid malware but to respect IP law.
I’m not all that plugged into the moderator team’s actions, if any, regarding this issue.
I have noticed, on occasion, commenters to posts about piracy sometimes mention that is might not be the best idea to drop links to pirated things in publicly visible comments and posts. This may/may not cause a short conversation about the self censorship of posting direct links to piracy sites in general or particular pirated media.
I’m assuming this is what the original commentator is referring to.