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      I’ve been using RD + Stremio for 2 years now, has worked great (except when RD shut down, then switched to Debrid-Link, which was as easy as RD). It costs about 3€ per month, though I think it has been worth it.

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        That’s the point of what they’re saying. If you’re only buying a subscription to the content then it’s not theft to get access to that content by other means.

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          the point is that it’s incorrect

          You aren’t buying it so the rest of the sentence is irrelevant

          Like stealing from blockbuster because you can rent it vs the video bin at the department store

          Nothing wrong with piracy without being dishonest about it

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            Ok, commercials on no add streaming services are akin to renting a beach house all for your fam but the landlord shows up and takes a giant dump in the only bathroom available

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    16 days ago

    If the no ads and ads free version contains adds then pirating is also not immoral anymore.

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    What a wonderful world we live in - boneless chicken with bones, ad-free streaming with ads, unlimited plans with limits… What’s next, Nestle releasing microplastics and cadmium free water (guess what’s in it!)?

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      Ad free with ads isn’t new to me. Paramount Plus will sometimes show pre-roll ads. They’re usually ads for other shows on Paramount and you can skip it right away, but it’s an ad nonetheless.

      I could go without the unskippable 5 second branding bumper though.

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        This drink cooler will open and allow you to purchase a cool refreshing micro-plastic free water after a brief ad by nestle. Please stare directly at the screen for 30 seconds to unlock the case.

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        HBO does this too, I’ve been told they get away with it because it’s a trailer not an ad, as though there’s a difference, but mate, I’m already watching Star Trek, you don’t need to suggest I watch Star Trek.

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    Hulu has always had a clause like that. Their ad-free tier has always had a handful of shows that have an ad at the beginning and end, which is why I don’t pay for the ad-free tier and just use NextDNS.

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      Those were initially limited to shows that had contracts in place before hulu existed and was limited to like 3 shows.

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    Pirate your shows. Not just as a defense against ads, but as a defense against Disney throwing plotlines down the Memory Hole

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      This is what I do:

      1. Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
      2. Pirate it and load it onto my PLEX server.

      This is the only way I can actually have control over the content that I fucking paid for. If that makes me a thief, then so be it.

      Of course, this only works for PPV content. I generally just don’t watch content that’s available via streaming subscriptions only. I never paid for cable and I’m not paying for cable 2.0.

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    To be fair, it most likely refers to live streams, considering more steamers are offering them.

    That being said, I cancelled in favour of the high seas and never looked back

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    Product placement is advertising, and as such saying “no ads” while not blurring out product placement would be misselling the service

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    Ads free but with ads ! So words included in a contract don’t carry the same meaning as in the dictionary ?

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    Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.