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Yo ho ho. If purchase is not ownership, then piracy is not theft.
Completely relatable. The prices keep going up with more and more restrictions while being enshittified with ads, tiered service, and paying twice to watch something - the streaming service fee and then a rental fee on top of that, for a movie that might be a decade or more old.
Arr…fuck that.
This is exactly why people fled cable. It was completely predictable the streaming services would enshittify just like cable.
Enshitification is the word
You’re not wrong.
“This show is not available in your country” is the one that pisses me off the most. The Internet connects the entire world and then we have unnecessary artificial barriers like georestriction for no reason. There’s foreign shows I’ve been wanting to watch but they’re not available on torrents and only on these georestricted platforms so I can’t even watch it even if I’m willing to pay (which I am for few films).
its annoying but a carry over from film distribution rights that are negotiated. I agree these should have been updated by now , and region locks make no sense, unless a government is trying to control its people’s media.
The Internet connects the entire world and then we have unnecessary artificial barriers like georestriction for no reason.
Lawyers negociate rights for media with every country. The reason is money.
What about using a VPN?
Idk if sites have ways to block that now
Even VPN isn’t enough. Ex. One time I wanted to watch a show that’s only available on Amazon Prime India according to justwatch. VPN isn’t enough because I’m using US-based Amazon account and I have to create an Amazon IN account per Amazon’s policies. And for that I need an India phone number for verification. So of course I don’t want to spend money on account setup especially since I don’t know if it’ll work. So I setup Azure VM based in India (in case they use location) but it still got stuck on the phone verification or puzzle loop so there’s nothing I can do unless I find a friend in India and use their account :(
And it wasn’t available on any piracy sites I’m guessing? Yeah that is rough. I know it took me quite some time to track down a copy of the movie Blueberry for similar reasons. (Weird French acid western)
yeah not available on any torrent sites. I checked all of the major ones through Jackett and it returned no results. If you’re curious, the name of the movie is “Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande”. There’s a couple movies like that that are available on Amazon Prime India but not on torrent trackers.
Damn I tried looking and for a second I thought I found a free online version for you, but it was actually just “Mrs. Deshpande”
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Add to this, “this service will only stream in 480p on Linux”
Disney is the ugliest offender. They demand their movies in non-standard encryption/decryption scheme that a browser does not support. We paid users can’t even watch in 480p without a Windows/Mac OS client.
Wife and I live in Germany, but still have some streaming services from our home country in Eastern Europe.
We started a Scream movie marathon on the weekend to catch up on the series, before we watch the newest one in cinema.
We watched the first 2, and half of the 3rd on 28th February Saturday on one of the streaming platforms (SkyShowtime). The next morning (1st of March), the movies were not available anymore.
We finished 3 and watched 4 on Amazon Prime, but within that we had to start a separate subscription for horror movies.
5 was only available in German with no subtitles, so I had to search for another source. Ended up creating a Paramount+ account, downloaded the app, and watched the movie there.
Then back to Amazon Prime, where finished the 6th Scream movie, before heading to the local cinema.
This was the last straw, we decided to go back to sail the seas after a decade of streaming service subscription. Next weekend I will take some time to figure out the setup we need to make this happen safely, as a lot has changed since I left it behind.
If you want online streaming: fmhy
If you want torrenting, make sure to bind vpn to client
If you want media server, use jellyfin with arr stack
Happy sailing :)
What vpns allow peer to peer? I heard there was a push to prohibit that in many vpns
I use windscribe, I believe proton does if you pay, mullvad does I think, and I think most other VPNs do.
Yep. I pirated when I was young because doing things “proper” was more difficult. Then they started having reasonable fees for services that were easy to use without ads.
But now the prices are outrageous, the ads are back, and everything is so fragmented. Piracy is the better user experience again. I was about to set up a NAS and start sailing again, but now storage prices are jumping.
I may just start going outside.
What’s an “outside,” precious?
I think that’s where what they call “grass” is.
Use Jellyfin. I have been running it since the middle of last year and it has been amazing and stable. Have fun.
Yarrlist, cast from PC to tv if available. Or get a browser plugin and download it from the site if you don’t want to go full pirate.
Arrrrr, shipmate! Welcome back to the cove!
If the super-rich don’t want to pay taxes, then why should I pay for subscriptions or watching movies?
For piracy I mostly go to those watch online sites with ad block and stuff turned on. I used to torrent but I don’t do that much anymore.
I torrent because I care about quality. I can usually find 4K torrents of stuff I like.
Where are you finding torrents? Been a long time. Is piratebay still a thing?
TPB should be your last resort. If you dig around, you’ll find other sites which are far better.
Any suggestions? This is me digging around!
I recommend installing jackett: https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett
It’s a tool that searches major torrent sites at once and it integrates right into qbitorrent which simplifies things a lot.
Cough (ext) cough (.to)
TPB is good for more mainstream stuff like movies and such. Especially when you recognize the uploader. Downloaded the last two weeks of Last Week Tonight last night and they’re perfect quality.
Piratebay is still around, but it lacks good moderation. I’ve heard that it’s still fine to use for non-executable files such as media.
Same, but oh my god I miss WatchEpisodes. It would track what episodes you had actually watched already. I have a shit memory in some cases and an extra-shit memory when it comes to remembering which episode I watched last lol
Do what you want, cuz a pirate is free
You ARRRR a pirate!
In instances where there is no legal way to watch something piracy hurts nobody as the company would not have made money from me anyway. It doesn’t even hurt the artists, the refusal of the distributer to offer content worldwide is the real scandal that everyone in the creative industry should tackle.
I mean I’d say it helps the artists as they unironically get exposure from people they otherwise wouldn’t have.
Don’t torrent. You put yourself in danger. Get a good Usenet binary subscription.
Torrented two videos yesterday.
Computer hasn’t caught fire yet.
Rookie numbers.
Huh. Says I haven’t downloaded anything. My VPN must be working.
Now you need to check if you put in your real IP or the VPN IP in the website.
Huh, it’s a different number ever time. My VPN must be working.
You put yourself in danger.
LOL.
" the game you purchased has been delisted " ’ yahrr mateys ’
“THE ONE PIECE… THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!”
The other solution I go for is library media, as well as finding competing streaming services like PBS’s. Just finished Fallout season one off a borrowed DVD.
My local library has 24/7 unattended access. I’ve gone and grabbed blurays in the middle of the night before.
Libraries are amazing.
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