As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: “I thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,” says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.
Yo-ho, all together, hoist the coooolors high…
Pirating is work. Streaming was convenience.
The less convenient streaming is, the more likely I’m willing to work.
Piracy is not a lot of work nowadays. Setting it up once takes some time, but after that everything is automated. If I want to watch a movie or show, I enter my overseer URL into a browser, search the name of it, click on request, and a few minutes later it will be ready to watch on my Plex and Jellyfin, that are also shared with friends and family so they can also browse my library and request stuff easily
Sounds like a dream. Is there a guide for that setup?
https://dev.to/rafaelmagalhaes/home-media-server-with-plex-sonarr-radarr-qbitorrent-and-overseerr-2a84
Keep in mind that in most countries you will need a VPN to safely download torrents without getting a copyright notice. And for torrenting you need a VPN that supports port forwarding
What VPN do you suggest?
I personally use Torguard. It’s pretty cheap, especially on sale, supports port forwarding, is fast enough to saturate my internet connection, and supports Wireguard
Was work
Yup, streaming has just become cable v2. I dusted off the VPN and went back to that. As a famous someone once said:
If the experience with piracy is FAR superior to streaming you can guess which way I’m going to go…