• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Every day of my life is I say to someone "Hey, watch/play this thing I like."

    "Is it on Netflix/Xbox Live?"

    "I have no idea. It's definitely available for free via torrents."

    And then they walk away

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        One time I cited a book in an essay I did in college, making sure to cite the book properly as the digital version accessed through the internet archive. Professor told me to go back to the library, find a physical copy, and confirm the citation was valid.

        • Changeling [it/its]
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          2 years ago

          That’s funny because I’ve never once held a copy of a book I’ve cited. It wasn’t uncommon for me to not even read them

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Honestly I'm too scared to torrent because I'm on college wifi, but if someone recommends me a show/movie on a certain streaming service, I'll bite $10 for a month and make the most of it by watching other stuff there. I usually switch it up anyways, constantly cancelling and uncancelling for whatever streaming service or two I feel like this month.

      • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]
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        2 years ago

        You can get a decent VPN for around $10 a month and you can just go nuts.

        • mar_k [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Eh it's more work though, streaming is pretty instant so I prefer it, if a good vpn were $0 a month I might but 🤷‍♂️

          • plinky [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Fmovies exists :edgeworth-shrug: also vpn is 5 bucks, so cheaper

            • mar_k [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Is that better than a 123movies mirror or soap2day? The videoplayer loads every, like 20 seconds, on those sites for me, and the quality is usually ass

              • plinky [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                Hmm, works fine when internet is working fine (I sometimes forget to switch to wifi). It’s not 4k, but fine for laptop/reasonable size tv