PortableHotpocket 69 points 3 years ago

This isn't the reason piracy is coming back in my friend group. That reason would be the diversification of streaming sources. There's no way I'm paying $100 a month for streaming from all the major players, especially if they include ads.

When Netflix was all you needed, streaming was great and reasonable. It quickly became more trouble than it was worth over the last decade.

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circuitfarmer 37 points 3 years ago

As a consequence it's also often far easier to pirate something than to find it legally -- and even when you do find it, there's still the DRM woes and having to play by the arbitrary rules of the service. Most of these streaming outlets have forgotten that their entire business model is actually based on being more convenient than piracy, which isn't really the case anymore since it's all fragmented to hell.

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Peeko 3 points 3 years ago

I've never had an easier time watching movies and shows then when I finally setup sonarr and radarr. Only bad thing about it is waiting for downloads, but it always finds the thing I want.

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b000urns 2 points 3 years ago

100%

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SaltySalamander 10 points 3 years ago

I've always said, a single streaming service that had everything, from every single studio, for $50/month, I would never need to pirate again. Until this happens, I will continue to pirate.

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TheButtonJustSpins 2 points 3 years ago

Make it $20 and I'm game. $50 is basically what cable was when I cancelled it

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bglad 6 points 3 years ago

It seems like any movie you’d want to watch is now a 3.99 rental too.

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Zippy 1 point 3 years ago

I could afford a hundred a month but having to deal with multiple platforms is a no go for me. Then even when something is available, it might not be available in a certain region just makes the whole system crappy.

When you can do it on one UI and pretty much have the entire catalog available without complexity....

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