• Hot SaucermanEnglish
    67•2 years ago

    Unlike some, I never took off my pirate hat. That’s been me the whole time.

    Except for the whole not being alone thing.

    • @penguin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15•2 years ago

      I mixed piracy with s couple of tge larger streaming sites for a while. I’m 99% piracy now. (technically have prime video, but don’t watch it)

      • TheSaneWriterEnglish
        4•2 years ago

        I use the streaming services I have for unrelated reasons (included with something else usually) in a half-hearted attempt to support the creators, but I will pirate most viewing media (TV + movies) by default now.

        • @2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8•2 years ago

          I had access to everything legit and still mainly sailed the high seas. I just prefer to have all the content centralised and local.

          My wife used to prefer the streaming apps but she really converted and thought I was a genius when we went for 2 months with constant isp internet drops for hours at a time.

  • @hardypart@feddit.deEnglish
    58•2 years ago

    Netflix, Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, Google…

    The enshittification is going full steam ahead.

    • @Psythik@monyet.cc
      13•2 years ago

      Hijacking this comment cause more people REALLY need to know about Debrid services, such as Real-Debrid. It “caches” torrents, so anything you want can be downloaded instantly at your connection’s maximum bandwidth; no waiting for seeds. And since you’re not distributing anything, you don’t have to pay for a VPN, either.

      EDIT: It’s kind of like a seed box, except it’s more of a collective seed box. So if at least one user added the torrent before, you can download it immediately.

      I have a Gigabit connection and was able to download three different AAA titles, 50+ GB each, play all of them, then decide that I don’t like any of them, all within a couple of hours. It’s mind-blowing how much faster it is than using a torrent client.

      Even better, you can integrate it with your favorite media center app like Plex or Kodi (personally I prefer Stremio for its Netflix-like interface). Now you have every show and film from every streaming platform – all in one place – streamed instantly to your TV. I’ll never use torrent clients ever again. They take too long.

      EDIT: It bothers me that so many people are willing to dismiss Debrid services without even giving them a chance. Here’s proof that this is legit – /r/Piracy megathread on reddit | Video 1 | Video 2 (sorry for the shaky phone video. I just wanted to get this evidence out quickly before people move on to a different thread, and it’s kinda difficult to have a steady hand when you’re trying to film and click at the same time.)

      • @narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
        3•2 years ago

        Use whatever works for you.

        The *arr + torrent client setup just works so well, I can’t be bothered to change it. The *arr software automatically picks out good torrents that are the format you requested and that are seeded. I never really saw it not saturate my connection. For movies, I have to wait a few minutes (depending on file size and my own connection speed). For TV shows, new episodes are downloaded automatically as soon as they are released, so I just have to select the episode under “new episodes” in my media center app on whatever device I’m on.

        Even if I were to use a debrid service, I’d probably still use a VPN for it because I wouldn’t want them to log my real IP.

        • @Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
          -3•2 years ago

          If that works for you, that’s absolutely fine. No judgment. You do you.

          All I want is for people to know that there’s another alternative to torrent clients and VPNs. That said, use what you’re comfortable with, but if I can convince even one person that there’s a better way, then my job here is done.

          I have nothing to gain from my little crusade; I didn’t even post an affiliate link even though the option is there. Just trying to inform those who are interested. There’s no wrong way to sail the high seas, just faster routes to your destination. ;)

          Edit: And BTW, your IP logging concerns were addressed in the reddit thread I linked to.

          • @narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
            5•2 years ago

            Can you point me to where my concerns are addressed? I read the following:

            • You don’t need to worry about the following:
              • IP address leaking

            How does this address my concerns of the service itself logging my IP address though?

      • Pfpirlet
        2•2 years ago

        Buddy,

        I saw your post by chance. I am an old sailor of the seven seas (15+ years) and torrent (with a seedbox) has been my favored ship for years. But I did à test with your solution: what a breeze it is (even for me who watch movies with french subtitles)

        Thanks for putting that much energy in explaining and convincing that stremio + RD is a very convenient tool; it indeed is.

      • @TheSaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        Gonna be honest here i loved transmission until one day it just decided to stop working, no fixes would work, not even a full reinstall of it. Switched to qBit and it just worked so whatever

    • @Faresh@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      It it just me or does Deluge after a while use a lot of RAM? I keep using it, because I’m too lazy to look for an alternative. Maybe it’s just a memory leak in my linux distro’s version.