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Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by ghaff »

jrib wrote: post #125
sidewndr46 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a Prime account, but I'll soon be cancelling it I feel. The same products can had on eBay for less money with no shipping charges added. Prime video is quite unique, but I'm very much past them putting pre-roll ads on the content I want to watch. It's universally an advert for their own craptastic, homegrown version of an existing well-defined format. If I was interested in watching Law & Order I can start fro…

yeah, I canceled Prime a few years ago. I reasoned that if I needed the product fast then it would be faster to physically go to target or walmart. And if I didn't need it fast, then the default shipping would be fine. Their add-on services all felt lackluster too. Most of the prime video content is not well-rated.

It doesn't matter as much to me now but when I was traveling a lot some determinism in the shipping time was worth a lot to me. And even now, there's a category of things that I don't need right now but I want soonish and probably won't get to the store for a day or two anyway.

It's still a decent value to me overall--especially throwing in video.

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by jerf »

Kiro wrote: post #192
olex wrote: post #161

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Not at all. I do the same thing, and the key is to cancel the subscription immediately upon signing up. You keep the one month you've already paid for, and don't need to worry about recurring cost.

Still sounds stressful and like a chore. I would feel "forced" to burn through as much of the backlog as possible during that month, even if I don't feel like watching something from it right now.

Related to what olex said, if you're "saving" over $100/month because you don't have 8 other subscriptions running, you can tell yourself quite reasonably you're already saving a lot of money and you don't need to squeeze the value out of a monthly subscription that's less than one fast food meal's worth of money.

The whole point is to enjoy the service; if you feel stressed because you feel forced to binge everything to get your "value", well, cancel that service too. It is apparently not bringing you that value. That will help you get over it pretty quickly.

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by BonoboIO »

For listening music piracy isn't worth it. The streaming solutions of Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music ... are pretty good.

With a family plan it comes down to less than 3 dollars a month.

For video, the story is completely different. I would have to subscribe to 3 to 5 subscriptions and the experience varies. Netflix sucks immensely [0]. I pay for netflix and prime, but have to run my own Plex Server. When you run your own Plex Server, you also run Sonarr and Radarr. Now you don't care anymore, just add the movie, 10 minutes later i can watch it.

Setting it up maybe a little a hassle, but when it runs ... its god like.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451725

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by wonderwonder »

I don't think I would ever resort to piracy, as a middle aged guy with a family, the reward is not worth the risk to me plus I am lucky enough to be able to afford to watch what I want if I really want it. With that said the quality of options available on streaming services has really gone down. I am subscribed to Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple, Hulu and HBO Max; and there is nothing to watch.

I am likely going to cancel Apple, HBO Max, Hulu and Netflix shortly. My kids like Disney+ although personally I am concerned with the channels attempts to front and center homosexuality targeted at kids. This is a personal issue I am not seeking to change anyone's opinion or mind or lead a boycott against Disney. Its just something that I don't like for my kids. So depending on if the amount of animated LGBTQ content increases on the channel I will likely cancel that as well.

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by BonoboIO »

eduction wrote: post #96

It’s funny, I’m more sympathetic than ever to pirates, given how frequently creative works are disappeared or moved these days - pulled from streaming for political/social norms reasons (1984 style), “purchased” items removed from libraries for licensing reasons or because a platform outright closes, and then the garden variety shuffling of content between platforms in what seems like a hypermodern version of IP musi…

I was astounded when HBO said they would remove Westworld from their streaming catalog.

WTF. Why even subscribe in the first place. Absolutely ridiculous.

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by 7402 »

__jem wrote: post #81
SamuelAdams wrote: post #48

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My household has one streaming service at a time. We have lists (shared reminder lists in iOS) that we make for whenever a friend mentions a good movie - it goes on the Apple TV list, or Disney plus list, etc. then once enough films build up (can take 2-6 months sometimes) we purchase a subscription and watch all those shows for one month.

this sounds economical but also a major chore

Because I view them via an AppleTV, I subscribe to Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and AppleTV at various different times all through my iTunes account. It's easy to turn them on and off all through one account interface. The Account Settings page lists both Active and Expired accounts for all the services, along with next billing or expiration dates. It's just a few clicks.

Re: Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?

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Post by misiogames »

BonoboIO wrote: post #266
misiogames wrote: post #255

I've tested recently a very "refined" ipTV service that for the price of a single "mainstream" subscription "aggregates" all the newest content of all services + TV + Non Subscription services Movies, they provide simple to use apps for all Smart TV platforms, OS and phones, great user experience, 1 single account and app for everything. Clearly all this is illegal but in a way, removes the direct legal risk of downl…

Refined like „elegant“?

I mean, alternative services I tested required to download and install some very fishy feeling apps or browser plugins, the whole experience to setup was not user friendly, not the case here, very nice and functional app directly from the official app stores. Also very smooth payment options from crypto to regular bank debits (Non US / EU locations).
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