I was a happy Netflix user until 2018, before that I haven't really pirated any movies (with very rare exceptions) for almost a decade but I recently started again. I'm was doing my monthly budgeting and realized I was paying for too many subscription services. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Disney+, Hulu and Crunchyroll. My family likes to watch different types of content that is distributed on many different platforms.

I was never subscribed to these many services until a couple years ago. I was thinking which service I should cancel when I realized I had the option to cancel all of them this entire time. I'm torrenting again and I started saving a considerate amount.

The only service I'm paying for is Spotify which I think it's fairly priced and offers all the music my family listens too (and it's convenient). All the competitors pretty much offer the same content and that's how streaming services should be.

I remember back in the day using eMule and BitChe (to look for torrents). Now I'm using Deluge as my torrent client and I I get my torrents from 1337x. What sites are you guys using?

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[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I started using illegal streams last year after also getting tired paying out of the ass for multiple streaming services. Now I pay only for Spotify and Crunchyroll, and HBO when House of the Dragon starts airing (then I cancel when that's over). Movie/show companies turning online streaming back into cable over greed don't realize they're biting their own faces off. I may pay for Netflix again for the final Stranger Things season, but I won't be keeping it afterwards.

Oh, and if an anime isn't on Crunchyroll, it gets torrented.

Also the constant canceling/dropping shows and movies is maddening and is only pissing people off more.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Yep, pretty much same here. I cut it down to just Spotify and Crunchyroll, and now just Crunchyroll then torrenting/usenet if it's not on Crunchyroll.

[–] JaffaBoy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Not only the hassle of too many competing services, it's the fact the buggers drop things all the time. Went to rewatch Enders Game the other night after reading the book and could I find it on any of the services I pay for? Nope (it used to be there), they wanted more money for it. Fk you, off to real-debrid, it's like they want to force us back again.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Welcome back to the seven seas, matey! We have been saving a spot in Davy Jones' locker for ye!

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[–] RMiddleton@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I’m curling up to a movie right now on Hooplah & last night watched one on Kanopy, two streaming services I get free with my library card.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I finally got this all setup but I really just use plex and then I2P to source and download content with/from via biglybt and an I2P setup and manually select my torrents and let em download overnight (raspberry pi setup so it’s not disruptive)

Next up I’ll be looking into sonarr or maybe just whipping up or borrowing a Python script to facilitate searching for and init the magnet links for bigly

[–] jpablo68@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I only pay for Netflix because it was the first one that offered a good experience with streaming in my country, but for everything else I torrent.

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[–] OptimisticPrime@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you want to share those downloads in an easy netflix-like way you should consider a small homeserver with Jellyfin. Even a newer raspberry pi is strong enough for streaming to 2 or maybe 3 people at the same time, unless files need transcoding to different codecs.

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[–] CommiePatrol@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven’t torrented in ages but I also don’t pay for streaming. You can literally stream any movie or show online for free. Just use a search other than Google, I use Yandex for this purpose. Just search for the title and voila. The only catch is you won’t find 4k quality, only 1080p.

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[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm currently using "Torrent Search Revolution" on my phone, and it is so easy! Is searches a bunch of sites at one (you can remove sites from the site-search list, not sure about adding to it though). The only downside, so far, is you don't get any extras you'd get from going to the site- no comments, no still-frames for QC. You gotta know exactly what your looking for.

Edit- I forgot, you asked for sites! Primary - Torrentday Secondary - tpb, 1337x, YTS, eztv, ext, magnet.dl, nyaa, cloudtorrents (the aforementioned app searches all of these)

[–] Sneckster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I cancelled Nowtv because it added adverts and you have to pay extra for 1080 which is ridiculous.

So I started watching some of their stuff on Beetv... Then I started looking at my other streaming services.

I stopped torrenting because streaming services made it more convenient. It no longer is.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 5 points 2 years ago

It's so bad, that I've gone almost a decade without watching a movie outside of public television.

[–] gon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I use FMHY. It's a listing of a bunch of sources.

[–] stratashake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Been using PIA for over ten years with no issues.

[–] OldTreePuncher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I am finally getting around to cutting the cord here in a month (Xfinity raising my prices another 40$ a month). I have a Plex server on a WD myCloud, and am ripping DVD's left and right. I need to start hunting for a decent VPN, and site to pull torrents from.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago

Me too! After paying for three subscription services and not finding anything to watch after a while, and seeing services raise prices and even add ads, I decided enough was enough.

Piracy is really good these days. 4k movies. :)

[–] generalEdo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'm in the same boat. I stopped for about 10 years and then setup a media server. Started with music and then movies TV series. Mostly using open directories which has been pretty great.

[–] ClevelandRock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

~~YTS is good for movies.~~

YTS is bad for movies, it turns out.

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[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Man, I've been thinking about doing the same thing. I was just talking with my wife about how nice it was when you basically had Hulu and/or Netflix.

What's really pissing me off is having Disney/Hulu/ESPN as one account - that used to be called cable and I fucking hated it.

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