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When piracy is more user friendly than a paid service, the service owners should take a step back and rethink what they're doing.


Piracy is almost always more user friendly than a paid service, and has been for as long as I can remember - at least as far back as when DVDs had unskippable "don't pirate this" messages which didn't appear on the pirated version


I mean.. netflix had a point... install an app, pay some low fee, choose a show, and watch. Compared to this.. installing a torrent client, finding the torrent file, choosing a right "download" button on non-adblocked browsers, waiting,... it's a pain in the ass.

But now... 5 different subscriptions, and still unable to get the show you want,... yeah, not anymore.


For contrast, try out Plex sometime.


and Hollywood acted so surprised when Popcorn Time became popular. Imagine that.




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