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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, so just free models available, unless you already bought the paid ones. I fail to see the piracy part, or the "free chatgpt". You're just advertising that there are free alternatives, which I don't mind particularly, but it just came of as something else.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is just free local models right? Not models from OpenAI.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It doesn't protect you from evil executables, no torrent client does (that I know of). It's up to you to make sure you trust what you download. If it simply is movies I wouldn't be bothered, but games/software can be nasty when from public trackers (open for everyone torrent search engines). The same is true for direct downloads.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If it isn't broke, don't fix it. It simply downloads torrents, I wouldn't worry about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What is unclear with the mega thread? Maybe get some sleep and try again.

You can direct download sometimes but content is usually downloaded through torrents. If you want to download a torrent you need a client that can handle these torrents, you can probably search for "torrent client Android" and find something, I've never downloaded on my phone.

To find torrent files, check the megathread. Usually such a site works as a search engine for torrents, where each torrent equals a movie, game or some such. So you could say they replace telegram I guess.

At least that's how I pirate, albeit with some more automization and through private trackers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Basically, yes. It costs me about $140 a year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I just dislike having public things. With WireGuard and then tailscale, VPNs got so hasselfree that I've removed most things from the open net. Reduces setup time and management a lot.

IPTV is basically paid piracy. Someone else has grabbed most commercial channels from somewhere and sell it to other people. Usually they have a collection of movies/shows you can stream as well. But I only use it for sports really.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Jellyfin is great, I have it setup with iptv as well, and tailscale so I can reach it from any of my devices from anywhere. It actually saves me a ton of money, since having sport stream subscriptions is cooooostly, and I just use my main computer as host.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Go ahead, be the change you want to see.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you actually tried finding the alternative I bet you'd find it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Point taken. That's just yours three letter agency though. Ours are blissfully unaware, without resources (or maybe will) to tap sea cables or pay ISPs for direct access.

 

With the advent of Reddit going public and selling user data an opportunity has arisen. I still consume Reddit from time to time and noticed in the threads about these things that a lot of displeased users were there. But when they ask what alternatives there are, lemmy is barely mentioned at all. So if you're still on there, this is a chance to educate others about the fediverse and alternatives.

 

Happy new years 🎉

 

Say a simple (hours enjoyed playing)/(price of game) equation. How many hours (you enjoyed) per $ do you think is reasonable/expected? Or is there other criteria for you?

I feel like I'm on the upper end here. But to be fair I also tend to play things that has a lot of replayability. So I usually reach 100+ hours on my favorites eventually.

Eager to hear how others reason about it.

Edit: Added the enjoyed part. I agree with the comments that frustrating hours shouldn't be included in the measure :)

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