Just steal everything. The powers that be rob you blind every day in a death by a thousand cuts kinda way.

They don't give a fuck about you, don't pay them any courtesies in return.

👉 Your local public library. You can borrow movies and books. Return them so someone else can use them too. Not run afoul of the law. Libraries are great!

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Piracy.

Your public library.

Consume less media in general.

Buy stuff once (eg: DVDs, drm free music)

Spotify specific:

Use the free service to listen to new stuff in order to find groups you like. For the sub cost you can buy an album per month and have it forever. I work in areas that don't have great data connections, so having a local copy keeps the jams going without interruption or ads.

How is this a surprise to anyone? They came to replace cable.

No, you still don't get it.

THEY CAME TO REPLACE CABLE.

Streaming is not frugal by definition since you don't own anything.

1. Buy from Bandcamp, own and stream forever for a cheap price
2. Torrent movies
3. Torrent or Soulseek music
4. Listen to podcasts, there are billions of those, it will last forever
5. Free music on SomaFM, ByteFM, Radio Paradise, Shoutcast, etc.
6. YouTube client like NewPipe if you have Android to listen to music

The sea awaits you.

Self-hosting and/or use Kanopy if your local library offers it

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If buying isn't owning piracy isn't stealing

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For streaming, Debrid and Stremio!

Your local public library!

Buying physical media.

Piracy

yo ho, all hands, hoist the colors high

heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die

I'd say piracy ... but it's definitely not cheaper the way I do it (at least not short term).

But if you have some spare storage and don't need a huge amount of content, that's a good option.

Qbittorrent and a VPN, I've been using Proton VPN and it's been good.

Save up for a 2 bay NAS and a couple hard drives once you cancel your subs, if you want to keep any content that is.

Plex is still a solid choice, but there's probably other self host media options now.

Download it. If caught just say you are training AGI (Actual Genuine Intelligence) of your own.

Cancel and setup a nas.

Truenas, openmediavault, unraid, yunohost. There are many option out there.

Many would gladly help you if needed. :)

Jellyfin on an old computer that you happen to have lying around is free.

You can get videos to watch by going to your library and checking them out and using MakeMKV to rip them to digital format and saving them to the Jellyfin server.

Alternatively, many thrift stores and pawn shops sell DVDs usually for a buck or two.

I know this isn't the point, but has Spotify ever been good, as in a well designed UI? I feel like every time I've used it, there's been some bizarre design choice.

I see a ton of people talking about setting up a nas and running Plex or Jellyfin, and i do prefer to store my own media but I've gotten so many more people to switch over since suggesting stremio.

People can take their current firestick or android tv, delete Netflix and Hulu and get stremio set up in 10 minutes. Pay $3/m for torbox and you get a pretty seamless streaming service.

🏴‍☠️ good ol' piracy will never let you down. 🏴‍☠️

Theoretically speaking...if someone wanted to search for torrents, where would one visit? Afaik, piratebay is long gone.