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[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 29 minutes ago

You post this on a piracy forum?

Sorry, I don't get any ads on my downloads.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 3 hours ago
[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Yarrr, me hearties, don't ye be telling landlubbers bout sailing the high seas. Or it's the plank for ye!!

So what does this actually mean? What are advertisements? Like functionally what the singing frog are they doing? Why do the wealthy and their corporations want to do it so desperately?

[-] applebusch 26 points 5 hours ago

yo hohohoo yo hoho ho yo hohohoo yo hoho ho yo hohohoo yo hoho ho yo hohohoo yo hoho ho

Gather up all of the crew! It's time to ship out Bink's brew! Sea wind blows. To where? Who knows? The waves will be our guide! O'er across the ocean's tide Rays of sunshine far and wide Birds they sing of cheerful things, in circles passing by!

[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 21 points 4 hours ago

"Piracy is almost always a service problem".

GabeN was right. When the service was good, I never felt the need to go down this route. I've been buying music, video games and streaming shows and TV for over a decade. But now the hat and eye patch come out again.

[-] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 29 points 6 hours ago

People aren't stealing the content because why? Are people just stupid now? Its easier than it was in the 00s...

[-] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago

ISPs have started getting more threatening about tormenting, though. Instead of sending threatening letters/emails that no one reads, some are now temporarily blocking service until you access a captive portal that makes you acknowledge the notice. Probably mostly because the media companies bought up most of the ISPs, in the US at least.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago

ISPs have been tormenting the planet for years, now.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 hours ago

Yes but the average teenager is less tech savvy than the 00s

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 5 hours ago

I’m paying for Disney+ ad free and they still show ads, they just have a skip button.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago

God damnit, cancel Disney+.

[-] ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I paid $23 for a year of YouTube premium from one of those key sites and 4 months in it's still working. I'm not sure how that works, in my country YouTube premium is $28 per month. Was glad not to give google any money, wish it was free for everyone, and understand somewhere in there they're getting paid. I just can't stand when my kid or Grandma and Grandpa would come over and watch YouTube on TV. It was the only time ads would play in my house and I hated it.

I'm able to get the standard TV shows and movies off Usenet and torrents, but some of the smaller YouTube channels I like were difficult to find.

[-] eodur@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

Pinchflat + jellyfin

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