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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

The era of cheap streaming is officially over

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The era of cheap streaming is officially over

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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The era of cheap streaming is officially over | CNN Business
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It’s the end of an era.
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  • Nacktmull@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Back to piracy …

  • custom_situation@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    yaaaaarrr tis cheaper than eva matey

  • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Nah, streaming is still completely free

  • The_Grinch [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    They want >$100 a month to come out with maybe one movie and maybe two TV shows worth watching each year? No thanks, piracy for me has become more of a means to assuage my fear of missing out and keeping in touch with the cultural moment than actual enjoyment of the media they’re putting out right now.

    I do not believe the quality would go down if their budgets were cut significantly.

  • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.net
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    The era of cheap streaming is over, now begins the era of free streaming

    • Psythik@lemm.ee
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      Long live 1337x and Stremio.

      • zewm@lemmy.zip
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        Didn’t 1337x just get caught injecting bit coin mining software into their stuff?

        • DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          They didn’t

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    Couldn’t you just subscribe for a month, download the videos and cancel the subscription? Just slap a new 2 TB hard disk on your computer and start downloading 24/7 until the disk is full. Surely that’s enough stuff to watch for several months.

    • collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Thats the same as regular pirating with extra steps.

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    era of torrenting unaffected

    • Album@lemmy.ca
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      Is that true? Most of the best public trackers got shut down. Anything left has bots recording your IP and you’re getting a letter from your ISP.

      If you’re not on a private ratio tracker or paid tracker it’s basically a non starter. So I’m not sure about unaffected era the last 10 years have been brutal for pirates via torrent.

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        VPN has been necessary for pirating for a long time. And fortunately a VPN is cheaper then any streaming service, and has other benefits besides.

  • MamaVomit [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Not on my Emby server

  • heird@lemmy.ml
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    Paid Plex shares are the way to go

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    Oh well, there’s plenty of space for all of ya here on the high seas, welcome aboard, mateys!

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