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This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever (europe.pub)
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[–] 12 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I'm so confused as to why people are still paying for streaming services.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    I've been trying to switch over to the arr stack, and for anything new it's great, but my girlfriend likes to watch some older obscure stuff (previous Halloween Baking Championship for example) which I'm having a hard time finding. Lots of stalled torrents, etc. Maybe I just need to get into some private trackers, but there is still some things that stream wins out for currently for us.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    Torrents are, by design, popularity based bandwidth... Might I suggest newsgroups that can have retention of 25+ years? Oh and the speeds are enough to make your (insert connection type) beg for mercy.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Switch to Usenet. Torrents are honestly terrible.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (3 children)

    I've heard of them but I admittedly shyed away from them since I'm not familiar with how they work. Are they free like torrents or do you need to pay to access them?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Usually you have to pay for them. Free ones are available but they don’t have much available.

    Remember, Netflix got popular because it was an access issue, not a payment issue. People were fine with paying, just not overpaying.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    Is there one you'd recommend, or how would I go about picking one? Do they all have everything, or does it depend on what shows/movies I'm interested in?

    Sorry for all the questions, I've been curious about this stuff for a bit but I'm the only pirate in my friend group

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Oh completely going to depend. Not sure I could give advice. I set all my stuff up when Reddit was still decent and I haven’t switched it in that time. I use Giganews if that helps any, but trackers are going to completely depend on what you’re looking for (anime, oldies, etc).

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