Comment on Hulu quizzing about the ads played

_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Piracy is a hassle, the convenience of streaming made the cost worthwhile. They’ve forgotten this. Once the cost outweighs the convenience, the hassle won’t seem like such a hassle anymore.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Kodi, Seren add-on and a debrid provider like Premiumize gets me better service than any streaming provider. Multiple source streams on any show in the last couple decades and every movie way earlier than is available from any source I’ve ever seen. If its not available as a cached stream, I can queue a torrent file at their end and stack them up until I’m ready to watch it, but I’ve rarely had to do that.

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be fair, the last time I flew the jolly Roger was over a decade ago. Finding a stream/torrent that:

      1. Wasn’t potato quality
      2. Had seeders
      3. Wasn’t shut down since last time
      4. Wouldn’t give you a virus
      5. Was actually the thing you were looking for (I did not have sexual relations with that woman)

      was a much more time consuming process.

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      • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        The only streamer I’ve ever paid for was Netflix but I only got a few years out of that before it became easier to pirate again. Frankly, the Arr suite is a pain in the ass compared to the above method.

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not a hassle at all. I use my phone to tell my computer what I’m interested in watching. It automatically downloads that, and when I’m ready to watch something it streams to my TV. After I’m done with it, my computer removes it.

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  • pip@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As a person who uses stremio; not only is it not more of a hassle than streaming services, it’s WAY less. Astronomically so. You set it up once and you have literally everything

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only upfront effort. Downloading is almost as much of a hassle as choosing what to play tonight.
    Once it’s on the disk it’s fair game.

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Back in my day, it was a much more involved process.

      Once it’s on the disk it’s fair game.

      Do people really rewatch stuff that often?

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      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fair game as in “What do I watch today” because the movie was already pre-loaded.

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• udon@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can pirate the ads and quizzes

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  • Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A friend of mine in college pirated a japanese show which included the ads. The first episode seemed to have subs with legitimate translations. The rest of the season the subtitle author had fun and changed them to make fun of the ads. It was pretty funny.

    There were no quizzes though…

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I would love to watch that.

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  • JustJack23@slrpnk.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was wondering how I should prepare for the tests

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