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You didn't bought it you rented it! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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I hate that everything now is a subscription service instead of buying it and do whatever you want.

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[–] 26 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Other than the recent nonsense, this is why I cancelled Netflix and went back to pirating. Content leaves unexpectedly? Not on my Nas.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I've taken to de-DRMing any e-books I bought from Amazon for that reason.

    Also, the "You can only view this book on 3 devices" -- yeah .... fuck off.

    Calibre + DeDRM plugin + KFX plugin. Perfectly legal too, as long as you aren't distributing them.

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

    Old school pirating or new school? Last time I remember pirates was like... Napster, Limewire, Kazaa... Then went to TPB before it got raided like 8 times... What's the current? Is it still torrenting with proxies?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I just got my automated pirating machine set up!

    Here's the wiki for the *arr apps!

    • Radarr for movies
    • Sonarr for TV shows
    • Prowlarr for index management
    • Optional Doplarr Discord Bot for requests

    Set up your profiles for Radarr/Sonarr to pick the quality of release you want (1080p, min/max file size, etc)

    Feed Radarr/Sonarr your qbittorrent info, nzbget & Usenet info

    They will automatically search the indexes (I use 1337x for torrents & nzbgeek for Usenet) for the files that fit your parameters, download it, and organize it.

    All you have to do is point Plex at the output folders and BAM, automated pirating.

    I even took it a step further and set up Doplarr - a Discord bot that handles requests. Now friends/family can ping the bot with their movie/show requests and it'll sync up to Radarr/Sonarr and add their requests!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Content leaving isn't a problem. If they give up some things they have more money to get the rights to other content, and usually by the time it leaves I've either watched it or don't want to. If it's one of the rare things I want to watch several times, I can just buy it. But cracking down on password sharing is ridiculous. They've been functioning fine with people sharing passwords. I bet the current pricing accounts for password sharing. But now people in college can't be on the family netflix? Pure greed.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Content leaving is totally a problem. I’ve lost track of the number of times my spouse and I say, “Oh hey, what about we finally watch xyz that’s been in our queue for ages? Yeah that seems like a good one for Friday pizza night! …oh, it’s vanished from our queue, hooray.”

    It’s not my full time job to keep tabs on what’s coming and going from the damn entertainment service that I hope to use in my ever dwindling reserves of free time. Especially when there’s alternative means available that are not too difficult to use.

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    • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Shit that should be fucking illegal, this.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    If they were not aware of it before buying then it is illegal.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You don’t actually need to be aware of it. Because you said you were aware of it, when you clicked Accept on the EULA, and on page 62 of the EULA it said they have the right to disable your printer remotely at any time and for any reason.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    In decent nations, an EULA is considered an attempt by the seller to, after the purchase, change the terms of the implicit contract which was the sale, so it's has no legal standing whatsoever.

    Absolutelly, the seller can set contract terms before the sale is done (and even then there are lots of limitations to avoid things like bait & switch, so it usualy has to be pretty clear and upfront and there are certain rights that a retail buyer simply cannot loose, even contractually), but never after the sale has been done.

    EULAs only have legal standing in a few places, including a few States in the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    EULAs can very well be legal when you can read tgem before you purchase. Though German courts somewhat assume that nobody reads them, which becomes relevant if somebody puts something very unexpected in there. I would expect that they somehow disable only the ink, not the whole printer. Apparently thi also makes buying used printers a mess.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    It should be. But you agreed to it. Gotta print out that child support declaration in 20 minutes before your lawyer has to go to court? Hey fuck you consumer. Have a medical emergency and need to print something to save a patient? Fuck you consumer.

    Someone should sue them for everything they are. Because they are thieves of the highest order.

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    • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I just read an article the other day that said LG is about to start charging subscription fees for washing machines 🙄

    I will go old school and start washing my clothes against a rock in the river before I'll pay a fucking subscription to use my own washing machine

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (5 children)

    That is crazy.

    Like a damn laundromat. So is LG gonna supply water and power too? Wtf are the charging for? The right to buy their product? Lmao. Fuck off.

    Go analog. Real analog. Sticks and stones baby.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

    The article said the subscription was for "software updates" which really seems like something they should provide for free anyway so you're really just paying for the privilege to use their precious machine that you already paid for lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Software updates for what? New ways to wash your clothes? I only use like two or three settings in mine

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Knowing LG it's probably updates to make it play Jingle Bells at Christmas time or something lol

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    What the fuck is wrong with people? It's been common knowledge that hp is trash for decades now. The whole idea of capitalism is that the bad products fail when customers go to the competitors who do a better job, but hp is not a monopoly and there are better competitors that exist, but people keep in buying HP because frankly, they are too fucking stupid. Capitalism is a lie because consumers are too stupid to pick the best products.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Every time I think printers can't get any worse, they get worse.

    What's next? are they going to have to scan your anus to confirm that it's actually you printing things? I shouldn't give them ideas.

    By the way, I'm sure there's a way to get into the firmware of the printer to disconnect it from that centralized service.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Ready boys? Say it with me, now.

    BROTHER👏LASER👏PRINTER👏

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