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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So much setup when you can just visit a website and watch shows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In like 144p with ads. Obviously I kid with that above setup that zoomers (and I) love, you can just torrent with qbittorrent and watch in VLC like long before video streaming. Ez pz.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Imagine being on a piracy related instance and not using an ad blocker, or thinking that illegal online streams are 144p.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Huh? I use ublock origin, sponsorblock, privacy badger, etc etc. but that's for browsing the web and YT. Not watching movies and TV shows which is what torrenting is for. I'm from a piracy instance and that's precisely why I know to do that rather than watch some dodgy "illegal online streams" site?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They're about as dodgy as your illegal torrents. lol And no, those addons are for every website out there, including streaming sites.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

LMAO, I use adblockers and even braflix (rip) provided content in HD. Also everyone can't have infinite bandwith and storage.

Also, opening website on Firefox with Adblock is much faster than torrenting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Centralized storage of pirated content is a problem. You want p2p to continue, otherwise it's suddenly very easy to deprive all of those streaming sites of content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I know but I already stated the reason why I prefer streaming site over torrenting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

YIFY also uses "HD". So does YT. Doesn't make it good though, unless you're watching on your phone or something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay that makes sense actually, I forgot US has limited data on their main internet connections.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Naah Bro India. Wi-Fi have unlimited bandwith but I am talking about cellular data.