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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 91 points 1 month ago (13 children)
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[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 86 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Blocked on .world.

It’s really time to switch.

[–] hihi24522@lemm.ee 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes, remember it is totally immoral to pirate things from corporations who actively make everything worse for everyone.

Here’s a guide to what sites you should avoid so you don’t accidentally get movies, shows, books, music, etc. without paying FMHY.net

[–] Karl@programming.dev 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah, i avoid such sites a lot. Especially brocoflix.com . It's an atrocious site that lets u watch movies for free.

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm a bit old school with things like this.
I'd much rather avoid downloading a 4k rip and watching it offline.
But I'll be sure to avoid these sites, too, if I'm ever in the mood to watch something when I'm away from my 'linux iso storage and acquisition' machine.

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[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

the lemmy comment section 🔥

the lemmy comment section 🔥

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

We may have our differences, but we are all very anti-corporate.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 1 month ago
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone who still forks money to billionaires for entertainment might be stupid.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I agree with the sentiment but if a large majority would stop using these services and pirating wouldn't it result in either less entertainment or more crackdowns?

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 68 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nope. It resulted in the original Netflix, aka a service that actually worked and had everything we wanted for a time. Direct reaction to mass piracy and actually reduced it by 90℅ iirc.

You also can't crack down on non centralized services and the more decentralized nodes, the harder the job becomes and the more expensive. At some point it will become uneconomic to go after pirates.

And, yes there will be massively less movies & shows which is very good. We live in a fresh hell where billionaires push out half baked shit every week and the only way to tell them is to not buy it.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good points, thanks for taking the time to explain your point. I strongly agree with the on about the quantity of slop churned out nowadays.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The slop is an unfortunate consequence of the streaming model.

Because there is so much content on streaming and it's so readily accessible, watching a movie isn't an "event" anymore in the way it was when DVD or VHS was the only option. And when you pair this with second-screen devices (phones) then it all adds up to people treating movies as background entertainment while they scroll their phone or do something else.

And because of that, the way shows and movies are produced has changed, too. The reason everything seems like homogenous cookie-cutter crap is because it is. In fact Netflix have specifically been asking producers to dumb content down so viewers can still understand it even when they are only paying half attention.

Of course, there are still talented people out there making great movies and shows, but they are increasingly drowned in a sea of copy-paste mediocrity.

And I do feel sorry for all those perhaps equally talented but less senior writers, directors, editors and artists who might never get to produce a movie they are truly proud of, because they've been captured by the streaming content factory that demands of them only a constant treadmill of dumbed-down slop, cheap and quick and instantly forgettable - and that people will only ever half-watch.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is indeed a crying shame. I do not understand the concept of watching a movie while scrolling on my phone but maybe that's just because I grew up with VHS and normal TV programing.

Again, thanks for the detailed reply, it was very interesting!

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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I want to pay money, I'll buy the DVD. If I just want it one time, I have ways and means.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I dont like having DVDs everywhere.

if they offered DRM free paid downloads so i could give them my money and just host it myself i probably would give them my money.

but they don't, so i sail

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

Or you can buy it for $30, but no you can't have a digital copy. And if, in the future, the service folds, then you can no longer watch it.

[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 26 points 1 month ago

🏴‍☠️

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

Aaarrr, really? Now what is one supposed to doaaaarrr?

[–] Itisreallyboring@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] antimidas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

'rent > rent

[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

yarrr matey

[–] Hismama@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (15 children)
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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago

This service is not available in your country.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sometimes it isn’t even available to rent, but you can buy for $30

[–] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

Unless you read the fine print, which redefines buying as "not buying, but give us the money anyway"

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Stremio + Torrentio + Real-Debrid

You can thank me later

[–] YouShallNotPass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why later? I'll thank you right fucking now!

Thank you kind sir.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Damn, I'm on world. Where should I move to? Been getting tired of world's bs

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean lemmy.dbzer0.com, the instance that is hosted on. I mean, an intance that allows that probably doesn't have much bullshit authoritarianism. The instance owner is a self-declared anarchist, although, if you are a "right-wing anarchist" (or other right-wing ideologies) you might not like it here.

Other options are:

sh.itjust.works

lemmy.ca

sopuli.xyz

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[–] Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I only have one streaming service and it has literally everything.

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Sail the seven seas! 🏴‍☠️

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

VPN subscriptions are about $5/mo (Mullvad for example)

[–] stabryen@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I only have one streaming service, and it's got pretty much everything.

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hmm, pay $20 a month apiece for 20 different shitty streaming services that use ads, or $6/month for Usenet access and $1/month for indexer access, and get every movie and TV show for nothing extra...

Choices, choices.

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[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We’re back to cable. Buy the channel packages (streaming services) and now you have ads and pay-per-view.

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