• @[email protected]
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    22 days ago

    I chatted with my uncle recently, and he told me about a movie from 2006. I asked where to watch it, he said you can watch it free on YouTube. Stop by my parents house, we decide to watch movie. It was 1 hour and 30 minutes, Runtime. There was 3 minute ads every 10 minutes. The movie was good, but heavily dampered by ADS. To the point you would start to get invested and zone into the movie. Then BAM ADS, the only other option was to buy the movie for $4 on prime or pay for a hulu subscription.

    I know subscriptions are stupid and i agree, but its just so infuriating! Pay $7.89 for streaming service which may or may not have the thing you want to watch. For it to most likely to be on streaming service B. Or you go buy the DVD assuming you can. Which now you own a movie that may be CRAP.

    You just cant ethically win :/

    • @[email protected]
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      4322 days ago

      IMO: Pirate it guilt-free without a second thought. If you enjoy it, and deem it worthy of a rewatch - then buy the DVD/Blu-Ray.

      Then rip a quality copy of it, and delete the previously downloaded one.

      • sunzu2
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        321 days ago

        Then seed HQ version to give back ;)

        NOTE: DON’T DO THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

    • bruhduh
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      1522 days ago

      Thing is, corporations twist ethics so when we obey we lose and when they fuck us over they win

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      621 days ago

      When movies were on cable they’d at least edit the movie to fit between ad breaks. Modern streaming services have no concern for the content, and will just drop an ad wherever.