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The real winner of the streaming wars.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The bottom right one should be tor-rent, not torr-ent. It's a peer-to-peer media rental service running over the illicit TOR network. TOR is yet another project the notorious criminal hacker Linuxos Torvaldos made and named after himself.

People always told Linuxos to keep his legal name and his illegal software separate but he wouldn't listen. He got caught in a San Francisco public library reading with his wife Stella Richman. What a git.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

What is this Linuxos? I only know Lunix, made by a soviet hacker named Linyos Torovoltos

[–] [email protected] 30 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I still use UseNet. Almost as often as I use faxes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Use Tribler to avoid (or heavily limit) DMA notices

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I have Amazon prime, so I get access to Prime Video.

My family phone plan comes with a Free™ Netflix account per line.

As a student, my Spotify account gives me access to Hulu.

I can use all of these services at zero additional cost to myself and I still ~~steal~~ acquire it through different legal avenues. It takes an extra 2 minutes to make sure that I have it forever and that it'll be easily accessible.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago

Not to mention, no ads. Guaranteed

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

This, plus self hosting jellyfin and *arr and I basically have a better service, with no ads, nice UI, access from all my devices, offline access, 4K resolution, music streaming. Basically the all-inclusive premium plan, not exactly for free, but for a very reasonable cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

I have spent hours trying to get some kind of server set up, without ever really being able to connect. Eventually in my furious troubleshooting Googlepalooza I eventually found a guide that had my problem addressed in it and it boiled down to "you should find a different way to do this." I've long since given up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Just out of curiosity, what was the issue that made you throw in the towel? Was it a really specific setup you're trying to build for a specific use case or something? I don't have a lot of knowledge, but I can't think of anything that would come up during a simple home server setup that would require you to completely change your approach unless you were doing some advanced custom stuff as a first go

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I dump Blu-rays to my NAS with zero re-encoding. Even for older shows the quality is leaps and bounds superior to any streaming service with plenty of bandwidth.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Ooooo I only have Torrent, is Torrent+ better? I rarely use it anyway

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Your missing out big time, Torrent+ comes with a few extra files to play with your computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Torrent+ is not free, you need to download the cracked version on Limewire, and remember to turn off your AV before installing it also don't forget to enter your real name and address to bypass the registration box 😉

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it a war or a cartel, though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Its a war of cartels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I use Stremio that plays and streams torrents using sequential downloading. It's like Popcorn time.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

or nzb, but aye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Rip torrent finder. I miss you.

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