It's been a long time since I sailed the seas. I don't even know how the kids do it anymore.
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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Oh Captain, my Captain!
Forward the ports, baton down the router, there's a content storm coming ye salty bilge rat
it certainly has evolved,
i used to think i enjoyed surfing sites for the best files but it really is nicer letting the Arrs do it for you
Browse to discover, arr's for the actual lift.
Pretty easy to setup quality filters as long as the sites you're downloading from have releases with proper filenames to identify exactly what codec/audio/etc the release is.
fmhy
Stremio with torrentio and realdebrid and you get 4k streaming from all torrent sites regardless of seeders
What if I want to watch live sports
Problems I will never have.
There is lots of free and paid IPTV providers
Theres usa tv plugin, im not into sports, not sure how good it is
Jellyfin. Radarr. Sonarr. Big HDD.
It's like Kaleidescape but for poor people.
I’m still using:
A btguard VPN.
Transmission for the torrent client.
1337x.to to search.
I’m sure that’s not the latest, hippest setup, but it works for me.
Is that still an ok flow? Should I change anything? I’m old and set in my ways.
Honestly still fine. There's some niche things you won't find on 1337x but it's rare.
Transmission kinda meh, in my testing. I would suggest using qbittorent, unless you hate Qt.
I started with things like Audiogalaxy, then moved on to kazaa. Oh man, then DC++ in college. Those were the days.
If you miss DC++, nicotine (part of Soulseek network) is still great, it's got some quirky and weird users you can avoid pretty easily but the files are good
Torrents still work, though I definitely need to update my tracker list.
Every movie, TV programme or anything else that I watch is from file sharing. Because if I buy media I expect media and not bundled viruses, digital restrictions management or corporate surveillance.
This right here is the reason why piracy is as big and healthy as ever.
It's not about the money. Hell, we're spending thousands now whereas before it was at most a few hundreds per year. But now we can watch whatever we want without bullshit, without advertising
It's not about the ease of use. We now spent countless hours on building a libraries with everything we'd like to watch which I know will always be there
It's not about wanting to be "a criminal" or not caring about artists. Most artists get shit from Spotify, for example. We'd rather pay a few hundred per year to some foundation that will pay artists a fair share
It's about not wanting to deal with these huge anti social power monger companies and their shitty policies anymore.
You can't watch this, we won't allow it.
You can't watch that, you live in a country where it's bad for our profits if we allow you to watch that.
You can't watch this one because it's better for our profits that we dropped this so you now need to pay double for some other provider because we decided so.
We need to monitor your every move and excuuuusee me siiiirrr, i need to inspect ya aaasshole now... Please also give me all your personal information, minus the "please" because we'll just take it
You know, we're so big now, and you have so little options, we'll make you eat h add anyway even though you pay us
Fuuuuuuckkkk all of that.
Add on all the bullshit they hide in their contracts to cover liability. Fuck Disney saying that their customers can't sue them because they paid for a Disney Plus account. Should be legal but apparently it is.
that's why i have youtube premium. there are no ads so corporate bastards can't sway me with their propaganda
Or just ... use uBlockOrigin
Sounds like you've already been swayed if you're just handing Google money
Eh, we still get the sponsor ads in the videos. They're skippable but still tick me off for something I pay for to still hit me up every video.
Unpopular but still: I use Grayjay. I think it's good software, even though it comes from bad people.
Fewer or lower quality productions also affect those of us who download the content.
If that happens: Don't watch shit and certainly don't pay for shit.
Even if nothing good is made for years, I guarantee there are millions of hours of undiscovered movie and series content for you to find in older releases. These companies are going to consolidate more and more, and will churn out sequels, spin offs, low effort movies, AI trash and easy cash-grabs. We need to not watch that shit and let these companies die. Pick the indie movies. Pick better quality older stuff. Wait for however long it takes for the industry to get over its unacceptable enshitification.
Games have the same problem. It is your responsibility to not pay for this micro transaction hell.
Yes, of course, but the meme gives the idea that by pirating it no longer matters if things continue more and more towards enshitification, I do care, I hope it doesn't happen, it's not like I can do anything to change it, but it does make me very sad that we continue walking in the wrong direction more and more
if things continue more and more towards enshitification, I do care, I hope it doesn't happen
Inevitable I'm afraid and quite far progressed in many industries. The sad part is that it doesnt even matter if we refuse their product. There are more than enough people willing to keep paying them billions.
I think ultimately that won’t be an issue in the long run. This is definitely a possibility, but there are other countries, other independent artists, and technological advances that allow (or will allow) creators to release good stories. I believe the people will find a way, somehow, even if things suck temporarily.
Shorter theatrical release times mean I can see more back catalogue in the theatres, right?
Right?
I'd very much welcome shorter theatrical release times.
why
Because it means I'll get to watch them sooner (I don't do cam rips).
So, are they not going to do DVD and Blu-Ray releases for warner films? Because Netflix crap never comes to DVD.
There is reason to care even if you don't pay, as it's likely to affect media production.
Too soon. Ellison’s Paramount is mounting a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers that may supersede this.
Is it weird that both options are horrific and dystopian?
can't help but feel like either way any side buying loses $ WBD is going out of business because they can't make $ off their mountain pile of IP's...why would it be any different for netflix or paramount. the 4-5 media companies already effectively have a monopoly between themselves via cooperation, the people who are gokng to give then $ already are/have. all they can do now is drive more people away by enshittifying further
No, I'd say you're having a normal, human reaction to this news.
"We're upping our subscription price because of the added value provided by or VB catalog"