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'The Last of Us' Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023 (gizmodo.com)
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[–] 221 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Speaking as a Brit, the only way to get TLoU was to subscribe to Sky TV, which (as far as I’m aware) requires a 12 month contract. Fuck that, quite frankly.

So I took to the high seas because I could.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    /edit; Woops, meant to be a top-level comment, not a reply...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    While the Brits commonly use fortnights and "next Tuesdays" the conversion to months isn't too complicated if you're used to it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’ll see you next Tuesday, if you’d like.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    They say it so much they even have an acronym for it.

    I was hanging around Chelsea in my new West Ham soccer jersey trying to blend in, and every other person on the street was saying they hoped to see me next Tuesday. Even yelling it from across the street! They must have known I was American because they kept trying to talk to me about football, but they didn't seem to know any NFL teams.

    The Brits really are on of the most polite nations.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Now tv doesn't require a contract like that, in fact we just used a trial which they're very generous on giving out to people multiple times. So when a site like that comes out we use a trial if there's one available and then depending on the runtime we might only have to pay a month and it's pretty cheap if you just get TV shows and not movies.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Now TV is fucking awful though. They still think 1080p and surround sound are luxury optional extras.

    It's basically just cybersquatting on shows so nobody else can have them, and remind you that you could watch them in decent quality if only you weren't such a cheapskate and would subscribe to full Sky.

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