Yarr, matey.
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.
If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft. ;-)
Streaming is akin to renting not buying
you’re ruining the catchy slogan, it’s like you don’t even want this to be Reddit
but username checks out.
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.
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
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
Sure, that doesn’t pertain to the conversation though
Remove the “if buying isnt owning” part
You are stealing potential profits
If I’m stealing potential profits, then there wasn’t much potential. My bank account is still near empty
If the no ads and ads free version contains adds then pirating is also not immoral anymore.
I don’t consider it immoral regardless tbh
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!)?
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.
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.
Reminder that whatever your feelings on copyright law are, stealing from Disney is fucking cool
You can’t steal a TV show
Bet
“No ads” don’t mean we don’t show ads…duh
“No, ads!”
“No capes!”
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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
This is what I do:
- Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
- 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.
By Lemmy Social Contract that You’ve implicitly agreed to, you must now sail the high seas !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com (blocked by lemmy.world instance btw)
Live Free on the High Seas! 🏴☠️
Product placement is advertising, and as such saying “no ads” while not blurring out product placement would be misselling the service
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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Ads free but with ads ! So words included in a contract don’t carry the same meaning as in the dictionary ?
Free ads
‘Inflammable’ means flammable? What a country!
Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.
There’s no way that they should be allowed to advertise “no ads” when there are in fact ads. This is consumer protection so basic and obvious that it should be a slam dunk even with the current government… right?
There’s no way this should be a profitable course of action. If I was paying for no Ads and started getting Ads I would immediately cancel my subscription and go somewhere else.
Unfortunately too many people are good little consumers who just don’t care and it doesn’t even occur to them to stop paying and demand better.
“No ads” and “ad-free” apparently mean whatever they want it to! Man, I’m so tired of these giant, greedy corporations and modern enshittification…
