I went from full piracy as a teen to paying for everything as an adult. However, recent price hikes, password crackdowns, removed content, and fragmentation have changed my mind. It’s now easier just to rent a seedbox in another country and setup Plex, so I do that.

Funnily enough, it costs me what a couple of streaming services used to cost <$30/mo. But I don’t have these annoying restrictions.

It’s not about the money. It’s about wanting to preserve access, easily, to my favorite shows that I love to rewatch.