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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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[–] IchNichtenLichten 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's only partly about the money adding up from all these streaming services. The other element is that usenet, a NAS and the *arr apps provide a vastly better experience. I can hear about a movie I'm interested in and grab it straight away, usually up to full BluRay quality or, if it's not released yet it will grab it when it's released. When new TV episodes are available it just grabs them automatically and adds them to my Plex library.

[–] _number8_ 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've switched to collecting discs, it feels more viscerally satisfying, like vinyl, plus not having to deal with shitty rips, or ISP tracking (i forgot to turn my VPN on once and they literally suspended my service and made me call and grovel to the guy on the phone), or worrying about drives failing (my biggest fear which seems somewhat inevitable for everyone). having a case and art in your hands feels nicer than clicking on a file. plus used blu rays are very cheap.

[–] IchNichtenLichten 5 points 10 months ago

I totally get that, I buy physical media too. It’s worth mentioning that I used to torrent but stopped because I share the same concerns.

With Usenet there’s no uploading, just an encrypted connection to a server somewhere that’s hosting the files so I’m not making material available. That’s how you can get in trouble.

My NAS drives are in a RAID config, it’s not bulletproof but if I lose a drive I won’t lose data.