@nappytheplug Depends on the operation. Spreading bots across hundreds of compromised family plans is OP. Someone from NA pays for 6 slots, but the family only uses 4. The remaining 2 are open for bots.
@thecollegehill@nappytheplug "$3 goes a lot further in other parts of the world" is actually the reason for all the botting and bad faith abuse of streaming platforms. No one even litigates these operators because citizens in developing nations are harder to find / don't have money to pay the fines.
@GRIMECRAFT@MistaksWerMade World of Warcraft reached its official peak subscriber population of 12 million in 2010 and it didn't require sharding, phasing or layering. In 2026 they can't even make zepplins work.