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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Breadhax0r 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Do they stop letting you watch the show if you get it wrong? What purpose does this serve other than pissing people off

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If it happens to me I’ll immediately cancel and pirate over i2p just to spite them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the correct response.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

If I value a show/movie enough I’ll purchase it then rip the Blu-ray, but if it’s a show that’s only watchable by legal means over ad-supported streaming then fuck ‘em.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why wait for it to happen to you personally?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don’t really like the shit quality associated with pirating online; I resort to renting Blu-rays and dumping them to my NAS.

[–] AtariDump 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don’t really like the shit quality associated with pirating online…

Then you’re not pirating the right stuff…..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

…..

So edgy.

Yeah no, audio is easy because FLAC is everywhere but Blu-ray rips and the like are 99% of the time re-encoded and look like shit. Give me the BDMV or GTFO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's easy enough to find bluray repacks though?

[–] P1nkman 3 points 1 week ago

You need to give USENET a try.

[–] Stovetop 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no idea if this is the case since I don't use Hulu, but I'm guessing if you pick the wrong one they could make you watch another segment of the ad with the right answer to help correct you or something.

[–] AtariDump 3 points 1 week ago

Drink a verification can to continue

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Some dick head came up with an idea and some high up numpty liked it so no one dared to say no?