I was a happy Netflix user until 2018, before that I haven't really pirated any movies (with very rare exceptions) for almost a decade but I recently started again. I'm was doing my monthly budgeting and realized I was paying for too many subscription services. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Disney+, Hulu and Crunchyroll. My family likes to watch different types of content that is distributed on many different platforms.

I was never subscribed to these many services until a couple years ago. I was thinking which service I should cancel when I realized I had the option to cancel all of them this entire time. I'm torrenting again and I started saving a considerate amount.

The only service I'm paying for is Spotify which I think it's fairly priced and offers all the music my family listens too (and it's convenient). All the competitors pretty much offer the same content and that's how streaming services should be.

I remember back in the day using eMule and BitChe (to look for torrents). Now I'm using Deluge as my torrent client and I I get my torrents from 1337x. What sites are you guys using?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If I actually cared about watching stuff, I probably would be to. Right now all of my entertainment is YouTube/Twitch with AdBlock, so kind of pirating? Maybe when I actually bring a girl home I'll pirate something to watch if I can't just steal my parents Netflix login still lol. I have zero intentions of ever subscribing to streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Iptv, stremio, real debrid and torrentio ftw! I'm paying for things, but it's a fraction of what we paid for all the subscriptions. And I can actually find things I want to watch!

[–] razibaba 2 points 2 years ago

welcome again.... and i stopped pirating movies and started streaming over internet on pirate website.

[–] theblueredditrefugee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Deluge leaks your ip address if you use a VPN, I use QBittorrent for this reason.

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

You can configure Deluge so that it can only use the VPN interface and nothing else. This way if the VPN drops even just a second, you're safe. You set this by entering the VPN IP in the the "Outgoing Interface" box in the Network settings. If the VPN IP changes, you need to update it (which can be automated using a script).

[–] theblueredditrefugee 1 points 2 years ago

Oh cool. I have no reason to switch back now that I have something that works, but it's good to know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Never really stopped, what with being a low income resident in eastern parts of EU.

But a big reason in addition to cost and many services or content simply not being available in my country is all the technical loops you have to jump through to get the best experience—I remember the time when to get full HD streaming you had to either use a specific set-top box or certain Intel CPU-s integrated graphics in a specific browser. If you didn't, you'd be limited to 480p. The same still goes for 4k and Atmos today.

Speaking of Atmos, ironically being a DIY audio enthusiast has pretty much locked me out of that. No way to decode Atmos on a PC, you have to use an AVR. But my speakers use (along with other uncommon components) digital crossovers that take digital inputs and multichannel digital outputs are verboten on AVR-s because MPAA and licensing terms (I believe only the 30000€+ Trinnov and Storm Audio pre-pros have them). Not to mention that even 3000€+ AVR-s have DAC performance no better than my 50€ Asus sound card. In the end, it's just not worth the cost and hassle of setup.

For me, convenience of streaming is also a non-argument; with Jellyfin, Navidrome and Tailscale I can access my whole library from any point on Earth that has internet access. And streaming quality is only limited by the internet connection quality, not by my hardware not having some obscure DRM feature.

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