Why do you need 30TB? You can always download again if you need to watch again.
not always true for niche content.
Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
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#23When I see stuff like this, I wonder where those people find all that time to watch tv shows.
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#24Dump the movies on a backup service, why do you need a full copy locally Golden rule of data: "90% of it is not accessed after 3 months"
Wouldnt this just cost even more?
Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
#25Welcome to Hacker News where everyone makes $500k/year and nobody pays for content. Or at least it feels that way sometimes. I don't make that much money but I also don't pay for content.
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#26Are you also subscribed to private torrent trackers by chance?
Sounds like they are using usenet+nzb indexer. Probably an nzbget+sonarr+radarr setup.
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#27I haven't paid for 90-95% of the content I consumed in the past 12 years. I've never spent a cent on it.(and I used to spend many hours watching new movies/shows every single day+Music+AAA games) Maybe try not hoarding all the half-decent movies on earth in 4K bluray version? at this point you have more data than a small piracy site...
Do you ever feel guilty that if everyone did what you did none of the content would exist? That you are stealing from all the hard working artists and tradespeople that made the content you love?
Do you ever feel guilty the money you give them for entertainment could be going to a hungry mother?
I don't lose sleep over the blockbuster superhero movie that is geared towards the Chinese market changing because something I did. If I had that power I would shut it down and not spend 100 million.
Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
#28Are you also subscribed to private torrent trackers by chance?
Seems unlikely, given how heavily they are relying on Usenet.
Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
#29Dump the movies on a backup service, why do you need a full copy locally Golden rule of data: "90% of it is not accessed after 3 months"
What's a cheap backup plan here?
Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
#30Welcome to Hacker News where everyone makes $500k/year and nobody pays for content. Or at least it feels that way sometimes. I don't make that much money but I also don't pay for content.
Sometimes you can't even buy (or rent) the content because of georestrictions. At least I often encounter TV shows and movies that are available in some US streaming service, but are not available in our version of the same service, or the entire service is not available.