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[–] [email protected] 147 points 1 month ago

Pirate Everything at This Point

Way ahead of you.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Question, what even is a "Generative AI ad"?

Is the lead actress of the horror movie I'm watching look into the camera and tell me about the new coca-cola while she waits for the monster to come get her?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Stremio is everything I could ever want and more.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Yep, link it with real debrid As you are, sailing the seas in style.. Great UI. Evan has a calendar to keep track of your series.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My only criticism is that they have the big bang theory as the main thing shown right when you go to the website. I wouldn't be surprised if at least a few people just left as soon as they saw that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I love Stremio it is so simple to use and relatively easy to set up, I like the set it and forget it format it has (and your settings and setup are synced across all the devices you like).

With that said, geek me can't leave aside Kodi for good, I have a Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 and that is where I use it, even when the setup I've for it is somewhat heavy (it makes my Shield struggle sometimes) I love thinkering with it, because... there is fun thinkering right?

My gf does Stremio almost always though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love it, but I wish there was a way to still seed while using it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

When using Stremio you are seeding. There's a cache size that holds a specific size that you will be uploading back. As long as Stremio is running in the background you will be seeding.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it's not that difficult to cancel a subscription...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Don't give them any ideas

[–] lennyuncle 25 points 1 month ago

Already doing it

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Way ahead of you, Mr. Rossmann.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I will personally rally an economic war against ALL for-profits!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Previously, on Best of Netflix: price increases, flip-flopping on their account sharing stance (currently on "don't do that"), removing shows without warning, iffy show recommendations by their algorithm, inability to watch shows offline etc.

So, if you're not already pirating at this point I have to ask: what are you waiting for? Seriously, why are you giving these companies money?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Piracy isn't the only alternative to streaming! Please consider putting a side a certain amount of money each month to buy physical disks, making films isn't free and buying disks is the best way to suport them. Then you can pirate the rest.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I totally get the anger with Netflix. I fucking hate them as a filmmaker. But I really don't think a long term solution is pirating content.

BUY CONTENT YOU LIKE

Is it more expensive? Of course it is, that's part of an equitable society. Also it means you end up with content you really like and not a bunch of junk.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

I was. Until they made that so difficult and time consuming that the barrier to entry was too high. Not because of the price. But because of availability. When Google play music was a thing? I bought music. When streaming took over I moved to Bandcamp. But Bandcamp doesn't have everything. There's no music stores anymore where I can just go and buy music. It's all Amazon and similar.

I'd love to own the ghibli collection. But to get it I have to buy the DVD's (and have a DVD player to play them on), or I have to pirate them. No digital store front seems to have the whole collection. This happens all the time with media that I'm willing to pay for.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Buy the dvds and rip them...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Yeah, just buy yourself a dvd/blu-ray player just to rip it, wait for the disk to arrive, connect it to your computer and set aside the time to rip it (if you even know how).

Such a reasonable alternative to setting up radarr one time and watching the movie immediately. Can't have a digital storefront where I get to own my digital copy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Most companies stopped making both the discs and the drives/players. Not a long term strategy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man. Google play music. Fucking miss that service.

Found so much good music... Still hurts me it died.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Along with bandcamp, there's Qobuz, 7digital, and HDTracks that I can recommend for digital music downloads. Those other three often have what bandcamp does not, much more common songs. Many in 24-bit.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll buy music directly from artists on bandcamp and such, especially since they offer unlimited DRM-free FLAC downloads, but any other media at this point is just absurdly inconvenient. Everything's just tied to dogshit streaming platforms.

If there were a DRM-free option to buy and download movies or shows for life, I'd definitely be buying what I can here and there. But everything is so locked down or encumbered with other bullshit that it's not a viable option.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Which works for some content, but a lot of childrens content is only available through subscriptions to Netflix/Disney+/Max.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

If there was a Bandcamp for film and TV, then I would buy stuff there. DRM free.

But until then...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

If the argument is talk with money then giving them 0 and taking from them is the strongest argument you can have morally speaking. Piracy is more convient regardless.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To some extent you're right. There'd be less content if nobody paid. But imagine current society without treats. I don't know if capitalism without "panem et circenses" would start to crumble real fast.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Nah fuck that. Ignore this guy, everyone pirate everything until they fix it again.

People don’t pirate music, guess why?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Pirracy is a service issue. People gladly pay when it's not a shitty experience.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Vote with your wallet? This has never ended Google, Apple or Microsoft. These capitalist fantasies never work in the real world 🤣🤣

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I buy vinyl and buy flac music from artists I like.

But if your digital content isnt available in my region imma pirate it and assume the racist fucks have enough money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's made intentionally hard though. Try buying The Expanse Blu Ray collection for example. Season 4 literally only comes region A locked, and is not playable on non modified Blu-ray players if you're in the EU. I was excited to buy it after getting a decent Blu-ray player so I could rewatch it with my partner who hasn't seen it, but something dumb like that does put a damper on things, so we haven't even bothered with it, despite downloading it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

stremio + torrentio + real debris = W

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Correction: no one deserves your money. Fuck big business.

[–] Kobo 4 points 1 month ago

I care where my money goes, i dont want to support this shit.

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