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When did we reach a point piracy has better service than paying? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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At least for media, piracy websites have a more extensive catalogue (of course) but they also have better privacy which is crazy. And they also allow you to use ad blockers. Sites you pay for would still show ads sometimes and don't even allow VPNs.

At that point there is no point on paying for streaming and if you wanted to support the creators you could do it separetely with merch, other proyects they have or direct donations if any of those are aviable.

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[–] Analog@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe with the *arr suite? It was better waaaay earlier than that for other reasons.

The inverse is also a good question, as I left piracy behind for Netflix and was happy to be legit… right up until so many studios got $ signs in their eyes (envious of Netflix’s success,) and instead of building their own platforms and letting folks choose where to consume their content, the studios pulled their content and fractured the market.

The greedy fucks! So no, I don’t feel bad pirating content. Not one bit.

(Felt bad for Netflix but their oh-shit-we-need-content in house studio is doing ok, I’d say! Also I paid for Netflix for far longer than anyone else, by far.)

[–] Analog@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Oh I suppose I should say, if you’re not familiar with the *arr suite it basically makes it so you can just search for a show or movie, add it to your library, and come back later and it’ll be ready to go in jellyfin or whatever. Plus it’ll grab new versions as they come out.

Combine that ease of use with zero ads and zero bullshit and yeah, the net effect is better than paid streaming services.