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What's a current or growing trend only you seem to have concerns about? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is "smart" nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn't require any of that before.

What's some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fuck all that, I went back to pirating because of this.

When Netflix was good there was a brief window when I did not download movies, music and other content. Needless to say that's long gone.

You can pirate anything by signing up to one or two private trackers, not 15 subscriptions.

[–] lustrum 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah I have a single £4 a month Usenet subscription.

With the radarr and sonarr setup. Pirating is easier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Back in the day I sailed the seven seas with the best of em. It started with Napster. Then Netflix and Hulu had most of the things I wanted and I stopped. Now I have a dozen subscription services that come free as credit card perks, cell phone perks, internet service perks, or whatever. I don't even know what all I have for free. So I don't pirate because I have loads of perks. But the day that stops I'll likely be back unless I'm too old and my mind is too far gone to figure it out.

I've pirated two movies in the last several years. Neither were available from any service at all. They're just gone from the civilized world.

With all that being said, I'll still pay for Shudder. It's got content I want and they always have a sale when it's time for me to re-up. Maybe instead of pirating I'll only watch bad horror forever. There are way worse things for me to live out my life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Come on man become a pirate, it makes you young again. My beer belly went away and my mind is sharper than ever.