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$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

does sailing the high seas only mean dling or does it include streaming?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

what do you mean? you can't rewatch something unless you have the internet and the item is still available.

E: why am I getting downvoted. This is a legitimate question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you are watching any content from the web, it doesn't matter if you download it or "stream" it. The same data gets sent to your computer either way.

My response to your first comment implied that both downloading and streaming pirated content count as sailing the high seas since both methods mean downloading pirated content.

Some people may not see "streaming" torrents as the correct way to pirate things because you aren't seeding though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Technically. Streaming something is still downloading it. It's just a compressed and temporary version instead of saving it to a specific file to