Kanye West posts Twitter photo that accidentally shows him using torrent sites
Because even Yeezus needs to get hold of Game of Thrones S05E10.
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Your support makes all the difference.Kanye West, victim of piracy and reported The Pirate Bay opposer, has been spotted browsing The Pirate Bay.
A seemingly innocent photo he posted on Twitter today of musical inspirations, captioned ‘Day 3’, is interesting for a number of reasons:
1) Even Kanye doesn’t use Tidal
Yep, he’s listening to Sufjan Stevens on YouTube.
2) He has The Pirate Bay open in another tab
Disseminating legitimate files? Possibly. Doing research for his rumoured lawsuit against the torrent site? Also possible. Downloading a cam vid of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Probably.
3) Ye also surfs Media Downloader
A site that grabs videos from YouTube.
4) He’s getting that MacKeeper pop-up
A common one for Apple browsers who have been torrenting. There's also the pretty suspect 'Attention!' one next to it.
“You use pirate bay to download your album too?” one user joked after the tweet was picked up on.
“@Kanyewest if you’re gonna use piratebay at least get the adblock extension. Makes it easier to use.”
Even Deadmau5 got in on it:
But hold on, would Kanye really be so foolish as to post a grab featuring these tabs, when he’s so fervently campaigned for people to subscribe to Tidal?
"Please for all music loves. Please subscribe to tidal!!! I decided not sell my album for another week. Please subscribe to tidal" - Kanye West (sic).
Expect a series of angry, explanatory follow-up tweets shortly.
Read more: Kanye promises another new album this summer
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