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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6302705

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[–] 182 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Yo-ho, all together, hoist the coooolors high...

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  • [–] 100 points 2 years ago

    Yup, streaming has just become cable v2. I dusted off the VPN and went back to that. As a famous someone once said:

    Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem

    If the experience with piracy is FAR superior to streaming you can guess which way I'm going to go....

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  • [–] 75 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Pirating is work. Streaming was convenience.

    The less convenient streaming is, the more likely I’m willing to work.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Piracy is not a lot of work nowadays. Setting it up once takes some time, but after that everything is automated. If I want to watch a movie or show, I enter my overseer URL into a browser, search the name of it, click on request, and a few minutes later it will be ready to watch on my Plex and Jellyfin, that are also shared with friends and family so they can also browse my library and request stuff easily

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sounds like a dream. Is there a guide for that setup?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    https://dev.to/rafaelmagalhaes/home-media-server-with-plex-sonarr-radarr-qbitorrent-and-overseerr-2a84

    Keep in mind that in most countries you will need a VPN to safely download torrents without getting a copyright notice. And for torrenting you need a VPN that supports port forwarding

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