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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As part of Gen Z I do not approve this message. When I was young I would stream movies from stream sites (to be fair I had no money to have VPN to torrent etc) but I have not visited one of those for like 5 years now since I learned more. Now not all gen Z is tech smart I see it in my friends and family members close to me age who are.... Dumb and worse they don't care to get better and think it's fine and that is what the problem is imo.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

i don't get this 'generation gap' thing. There are also Milennials who are just as clueless.

You can always dive into the whole private tracker, sonarr/radarr + media server setup if you want superior quality or just to host your own files. But if you are happy with what streaming sites/apps provide that is fine too.

I for one am glad that piracy is easily accessible by anyone who has access to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

gen zalpha here!! we few who torrent do exist

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Through various stages of my life I have used torrents, streaming, Usenet, Napster, limewire, aol/IRC chat rooms, discord, and even google searches. You must adapt to whatever works.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Zoomer tech literacy is on average almost as poor as their actual literacy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

In my experience, that only applies to the youngest Gen-Z (Zoomers) and Gen-Alpha (Gen-Glass aka Glassholes).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

In the feature if you want a semblance of privacy, you will need to get fluent in Linux imho

Your chocie folks.

As for piracy, it ain't rocket science, once economic necessity kicks in, they will figure it out. That's the beauty of not having money

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

I am sure you still have same number of those more advanced users, but now far more people have access to computers because they are cheaper and easier to use. That may be about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

That's why they made streaming media. Worked good, didn't it?

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