I only use free VPN extensions or apps and I fully aware of the limitation of this. I use shabby ones, which don’t protect and probably sell my data. It slow and I can’t have only a few location. But I can’t get around the idea that people can pay for a service to refuse to pay to a service. Please help me understand.

  • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I pay $15/month for a seedbox because I prefer the overall experience compared to Netflix, etc. My parents have given me their login details for the services they subscribe to, and every so often, I check them out, but end up going back to my seedbox + Plex setup. Some of the reasons I prefer my piracy-based setup:

    • I often set up a queue/playlist of shows, not necessarily all from the same series. As far as I’m aware, the streaming services let you do that.

    • My shows never pause to ask me if I’m still watching.

    • I can access an unlimited library of content without switching apps.

    • Content won’t become unavailable if I try to access it from a different country or totally disappear when a contract expires.

    • Some episodes of some shows have been edited/censored, or removed completely, from whatever streaming service hosts it, but those episodes are available in their original form via torrents.