Not sure how many people are aware of this, but VRChat (which is free) on Steam has movie worlds that allow you to stream thousands of movies or tv shows without paying anything (Movie and Chill is most popular I think). VRChat also has a desktop mode, so you don’t need a VR headset to take advantage of this, and I believe (not 100% on this one and it might depend on the world) there’s an option to full screen the movie in desktop mode so you aren’t watching through VRChat, if that makes sense. Also, on your settings you need to check “allow untrusted URLs” for it to work, but most of these movie worlds will tell you this when you go there. Here’s a video of the movie player in action: https://youtu.be/_WQnxMvyC9E

    • pooh [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      It's not all that complicated, really. Once VRChat is downloaded and a movie world is set to your home, all you need to do is login and start watching stuff. It's also a good way to watch streams together with friends online.

      Torrents are great too, of course, but this is just another way to watch movies and tv shows without paying anything.