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Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by Philip-J-Fry »

dghughes wrote: post #21
dmix wrote: post #10

I for one thank our piracy overlords who endlessly work to make every form of content (optionally) freely available in high quality. I pay for plenty of subscription services that finally figured out how to make content as easy and accessible as piracy but there will forever exist legitimate gaps where “just pay for it” is simply insufficient (geo being #1, silly copyright owners #2, etc etc). The other article menti…

Amazon and Apple lure you in but many shows it seems need to be rented or bought. How much disposable income do these companies think the average Joe has to spend? the answer seems to be $10 to $20 to rent or "buy" movies. Which you never own a physical copy of. They seem to be out of touch with reality.

People used to buy DVDs or blu-rays for $10-20. But of all the ones I have, there's probably only a handful that have been watched more than once.

That's what the renting system is built off. The fact that most people only watch a film once.

I couldn't care less about whether I own a copy of a movie. All I care is that I can watch it when I want to watch it. That's a different issue though, not one of disposable income, but of licensing and content availability.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by xuki »

ALittleLight wrote: post #26

I don't understand the point of these. Couldn't I get any content from a streaming service via streaming it and screen recording? Does this allow you to download the videos without an account?

It’s about getting the best quality copy. You also don’t have to wait hours for it to capture, which is important in the pirate scene (being the first to upload).

> Does this allow you to download the videos without an account?

No.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by serf »

easton wrote: post #22
marcan_42 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no protected media path on Linux. It always works there.

Which is why you get the 480p/720p low bitrate version instead of the 4K one on Netflix/Disney+.

no, it's the motivation, not the reason.

the reason why linux users get lower bitrate versions of media is that companies with a bit too much power decided to try to abuse the entirety of the PC world in order to slow the efforts of a very few pirates.

it's a stupid untenable unwinnable arms-race that only results in poorer user experience and less and less user-liberty and choice across the board in order to slightly inconvenience a few bad actors, not stop them.

Meanwhile a 10 dollar video dongle setup and a pirated Windows copy will easily meet most DRM requirements and still allow for easy piracy.

These efforts (DRM schemes) are useless and anti-human, and most research from the 90s until now indicates that DRM enforcement does little for profit except for those that sell DRM solutions -- and that piracy increases social effect of released media; generally aiding sales and profitability.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by azinman2 »

dmix wrote: post #25
dghughes wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon and Apple lure you in but many shows it seems need to be rented or bought. How much disposable income do these companies think the average Joe has to spend? the answer seems to be $10 to $20 to rent or "buy" movies. Which you never own a physical copy of. They seem to be out of touch with reality.

I stupidly “rented” a copy of Apollo 13 for $3.99 and being a long movie fell asleep halfway through. I came back to watch it a few days later and found the rental had “expired” in 2-3 days and was required to pay again to continue watching. Sometimes I think these people live in an alternate universe. last time I did that.

And what happened in the VHS days?

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by archsurface »

azinman2 wrote: post #36
dmix wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stupidly “rented” a copy of Apollo 13 for $3.99 and being a long movie fell asleep halfway through. I came back to watch it a few days later and found the rental had “expired” in 2-3 days and was required to pay again to continue watching. Sometimes I think these people live in an alternate universe. last time I did that.

And what happened in the VHS days?

You connected the player to another player and copied it.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by boomboomsubban »

_august wrote: post #30

Why is it possible to pirate 4k content from these sites but not simply view 4k officially on my mac? (disney+ in particular)

Presumably the piracy apps tell those sites you're using something like Windows XP and need a certain version of the file.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by nindalf »

ALittleLight wrote: post #26

I don't understand the point of these. Couldn't I get any content from a streaming service via streaming it and screen recording? Does this allow you to download the videos without an account?

> screen recording

I’m sure some tools work but the in-built one in macOS (QuickTime) doesn’t. I was trying to capture a couple of seconds of video but all I got was a black screen.

I understand wanting to disable video capture but I’ve also noticed image capture being prevented in some cases.

Re: Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

daveevad wrote: post #9

Apple uses Widevine for Apple TV content not Fairplay, maybe ever since they licensed Apple TV on non-Apple televisions?

I think they use Widevine in Chrome but Fairplay in Safari? And presumably Fairplay if you’re using the official app on one of their platforms.
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