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Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by tenebrisalietum »

philistine wrote: post #103

What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…

An acquaintance of mine I lost contact with used to copy each DVD he rented from the video store, back in the early to mid 2000's.

Then he realized he had a box full of DVD-Rs, nicely ripped using DVDFab Decrypter and processed and RCE-stripped with the latest DVD Shrink, but had never gone back into that box to rewatch any of them, and had never been asked by anyone if he had any of those movies.

It was at that point where he decided if he really liked a movie, it was worth buying to have the original box and leaflet.

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by Cyph0n »

Mo3 wrote: post #220
zinodaur wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good thing you have all those "data hoarders" to leech off of when you wanna download something tho...

He's on usenet, not torrenting. No need to keep or seed anything. OP is hoarding and attributing negative consequences of his own decision to a concept itself.

And who do you think reuploads stuff after DMCA/NTD takedowns?

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by sophacles »

philistine wrote: post #103

What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…

> Your piracy is an excuse for data hoarding, which is a problem.

Your fake concern an excuse for busy-bodying, which is a problem.

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by sophacles »

scarface74 wrote: post #226
bluefirebrand wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$45 a month is a pretty cheap vice as far as things go, though. You could easily be spending $45 a month just on streaming services.

I have a much longer list of content that I want to watch on streaming services - and never care about rewatching - that I don’t even bother with pirating anymore. As far as $45. I spend less than that on streaming services. - Netflix $7 (T-mobile discount) - HBO Max - Free - bundled with AT&T fiber - Amazon Prime Video - I would have Amazon Prime anyway. But let’s attribute $6.00/month to it. - AppleTV+ - it’s part…

So you have different preferences than OP. OP mUst HAvE a Pr0Blem!!1!

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by moffkalast »

sophacles wrote: post #233
philistine wrote: post #103

What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…

> Your piracy is an excuse for data hoarding, which is a problem. Your fake concern an excuse for busy-bodying, which is a problem.

I mean, what's wrong with data hoarding? People always say you should have backups, but when you make some proper ones it's suddenly "hoarding" and "a problem" smh.

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by dubswithus »

sophacles wrote: post #233
philistine wrote: post #103

What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…

> Your piracy is an excuse for data hoarding, which is a problem. Your fake concern an excuse for busy-bodying, which is a problem.

How is it that? OP is the one that shared. No one is forcing him to post here.

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by lobocinza »

georgeecollins wrote: post #227
philistine wrote: post #103

What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…

I don't pirate, I pay for content, but I like to own a digital copy of music content. So I buy MP3s rather than subscribe to a service. It's probably strange-- and maybe dumb-- but I feel like in the long run I never know what will happen to a service in terms of how it may change in price or quality. If I own a CD or an MP3, I know I have what I want. It may not be rational. I know some people think I am crazy.

It makes sense but on practical terms it's expensive and uncovenient to buy MP3s.

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by dubswithus »

moffkalast wrote: post #235
sophacles wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Your piracy is an excuse for data hoarding, which is a problem. Your fake concern an excuse for busy-bodying, which is a problem.

I mean, what's wrong with data hoarding? People always say you should have backups, but when you make some proper ones it's suddenly "hoarding" and "a problem" smh.

Who is claiming that you must have backups of pirated content?

Re: Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content

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Post by whoomp12342 »

paranoidrobot wrote: post #14

When Netflix first launched, it was great - they had a massive catalogue of older/pre-existing content, and were making a bunch of their own new, original content that likely wouldn't have been made elsewhere. Their UX was also pretty great - and made finding interesting content easy. They made it dead-easy to sign up, there was no pushy retention teams or hoops to jump through if you wanted to cancel. That's why I p…

if they did it right, its a great reason to go legit. But I agree entirely with everything you just said
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