Pirating is easier than ever too
How exactly? I find it more difficult than before. Granted I don’t download movies anymore, I just search for free streams. And I’m pretty sure that at some point Google will stop showing them in searches.
Install sonarr, radarr, get a usenet indexer and server account, and maybe set up a few torrent trackers that you have access to. Add Plex or Jellyfin (YMMV) and bam, happy times.
That all seems great, but why do any of that when you can just use a pirate streaming site like hdtoday.cc ?
Sites go down and if I have a copy, it will always be there when I want it.
You keep your shit and it’s also generally better quality (if you pick the right stuff to dl)
Do you know any streaming etc sites that are more focused on documentaries? I’ve been looking for a certain national geographic doc for a while and it’s not on any of the mainstream trackers (and not on that website either)
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“The free version” How I long for those days
Hulu was great when it first started. An option for one long ad at the beginning and often it wouldn’t interrupt you between episodes either.
Don’t forget them immense selection of languages for both audio tracks and subtitles!
Hello jellyfin! https://jellyfin.org
every fucking company wanted to dip their toes into the streaming service cash pool and now they pay the price, unpopular opinion but a tripoly like system that exists with music is the way to go.
Spotify, Apple music are big ones with YouTube Music lagging 5 behind due to the 50th rebranding and there is TIDAL for those who want better quality audio.
similarly Movie/tv show streaming should be limited to a few companies competing with basically the same catalog.
but it won’t happen, so whatever, I also don’t much care, I have my own plex server
I think advocating for more big tech monopolies is a bad idea, period.
There’s already zero competition because most shows are tied to a specific service. Real competition comes when you can get The Office on your platform of choice.
I agree. If they ran themselves more like the music streaming apps, by maintaining similar content libraries, all this competition would be great.
I said tripoly, not monopoly.
Bad take. Spotify shafts artists very hard and rips off users frequently. The only reason they haven’t enshittified yet is because they are free from the interest rate mania going on in the US (they are a EU based company) and their actual customers are the music labels, not the final listener. So the final power is in the hands of the music executives not Spotify themselves, unlike with US tech giants that hold all the power against regular citizens. Look at what they want to do with podcasts for a glimpse of their future potential for enshittification.
how are users ripped off?
Arr, welcome back ye salty seadog. Me myself had never abandoned the plunderinn the 7 seas in the first place.
Breaking away from Netflix is what killed this golden goose
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Why not just pirate?
Reasons to do so:
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It has a very good price (just the price of a trusted VPN)
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It has better customer service.
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There is no moral problem when not paying a multi billion business. You aren’t even stealing something.
Don’t forget the stuff that’s not on any streaming site
Yeah, like that home movie your mom and I made, won’t find that on any streaming site.
Oh yeah thats also a thing, i forgot there is such stuff as i only use piracy to consume media.
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