In a small, tidy apartment in Utrecht, a student named Lars had a problem. He was writing a thesis on obscure Dutch documentary films from the 1980s. Many of these films weren’t on Netflix, not on YouTube, and the university library’s streaming service was painfully slow.
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But before clicking the first link, he paused. His tech-savvy friend, Amira, had once warned him: “If it feels too easy, there’s always a catch.” In a small, tidy apartment in Utrecht, a