we need to bring em back. kids these days don't even know how to use bittorrent. they don't know the pleasures of downloading a complete collection of a sitcom from the 80s. they're content with ad-riddled streaming sites that cut out at random called like watch4free.tv
I remember the argument during the early smartphone years that kids raised on them would become mini engineers because they'd be raised on tech. Even back then I knew that wasn't going to happen.
The only time I’ve gotten letters was for torrenting Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley, both HBO shows. They did actually shut off my internet for a minute until I pinky swore not to do it again and so I bought a vpn
They usually look really bad quality wise, which I’m not super precious about but some people are. Stremi/torrentkng looks as clear as if you’re watching it on Netflix or Hulu or whatever
I use fmovies.to and it's literally just as good quality as a real streaming service on the default server (which is sometimes down tbf). I've had to torrent some hard to find movies so I get where you're coming from, but it's rarely an issue.
Yes that's actually completely true. I recall now that some action scenes have suffered because of this. It's definitely a compromise for the convenience though, maybe I'd still torrent for watching something like 2001 A Space Odyssey to get those crisp effects but no way I'm gonna spend 2 hours downloading a movie on my trash internet when I could just stream it at like 15% worse quality.
I'd have to be a much more organized person to do that. Sometimes I'm just like "dang I kinda could go for a foreign movie right now" and by the time I'm out of the shower the impulse is gone. Different strokes for different folks though.
we need to bring em back. kids these days don't even know how to use bittorrent. they don't know the pleasures of downloading a complete collection of a sitcom from the 80s. they're content with ad-riddled streaming sites that cut out at random called like watch4free.tv
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I regularly get frustrated by how clunky the file navigator on android is lol
If they let you find it at all. I had to download one for my earlier phones
oh yeah, i've read that article and i do think it's extrapolating a bit from a limited number of anecdotes, but i guess it could be true
I remember the argument during the early smartphone years that kids raised on them would become mini engineers because they'd be raised on tech. Even back then I knew that wasn't going to happen.
Becoming an Informatics school teacher just so you can teach the kids how to torrent
I use those sites because I'm terrified of getting letters from the copyright police
okay reasonable.
i will say that, across multiple ISPs, i've literally never had a warning letter result in any effect on service
i do occasionally torrent stuff but I stay away from anything too mainstream. Haven't had threatening letters so far
The only time I’ve gotten letters was for torrenting Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley, both HBO shows. They did actually shut off my internet for a minute until I pinky swore not to do it again and so I bought a vpn
Paying for a VPN is usually like $5 a month.
Nothing wrong with those sites if you use Ublock Origin. But it's also good to learn to use bittorrent for games.
They usually look really bad quality wise, which I’m not super precious about but some people are. Stremi/torrentkng looks as clear as if you’re watching it on Netflix or Hulu or whatever
I use fmovies.to and it's literally just as good quality as a real streaming service on the default server (which is sometimes down tbf). I've had to torrent some hard to find movies so I get where you're coming from, but it's rarely an issue.
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Yes that's actually completely true. I recall now that some action scenes have suffered because of this. It's definitely a compromise for the convenience though, maybe I'd still torrent for watching something like 2001 A Space Odyssey to get those crisp effects but no way I'm gonna spend 2 hours downloading a movie on my trash internet when I could just stream it at like 15% worse quality.
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This is what i do. But my internet is really slow 100kbs on a good day. So i wait for a week or 2.
I'd have to be a much more organized person to do that. Sometimes I'm just like "dang I kinda could go for a foreign movie right now" and by the time I'm out of the shower the impulse is gone. Different strokes for different folks though.
get the best of both worlds with Stremio
uses torrent network to stream, with a nice netflix-esque interface
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