• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I don’t get why they won’t just torrent

    You have to find a torrent that hasn’t been subject to a DMCA takedown, research the ones found to make sure it’s good quality, not a virus, and has enough seeders to be viable. Make sure you have a VPN and that it’s up to date so your ISP doesn’t start sending angry letters. Then you have to wait for the torrent to download and make sure you have enough storage space for it.

    And you “don’t get” why they prefer a click and go option?

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      8 months ago

      Mullvad vpn plus ublock origin plus thepiratebay . org ? That’ll be fine for the majority of stuff

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        8 months ago

        torrent for PC are no longer bound by one website anymore. we can pull many sources at once with Jackett

    • セリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      You have to find a streaming site that hasnt been subject to a DMCA takedown, where it has what you want to watch in good quality with the correct dubbing and subs, navigate through the popups (I even know some who do so without ublock), change your DNS in most cases because it’s been blocked by the ISP DNS (favorite method of blocking in france), and make sure the player actually works. Where I live you don’t really need a vpn for torrenting. Streaming is far from a “click and go” option. The only advantage I can find for streaming is not requiring disk space.

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        8 months ago

        Pretty sure folks are referring to streaming sites meaning like Netflix. The person you are responding to said “click and go” referring to services like YouTube and Hulu not sketchy “streaming” sites like what you are describing that require some hoops to go through to make sure.you don’t download a virus.

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      8 months ago

      It takes a weekend to setup initially but a radarr/sonarr pipeline is way way easier to use than a sketchy streaming site. Just add the show when you think of it (even if it hasn’t come out yet) and it’ll handle the rest. You can also share instances easily among friends