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I don’t live in US or five eyes so I pirate all the stuff basically Scot free.

I understand that it’s not so easy for Americans whose internet activity is constantly scrutinized. I’ve had the privilege of choosing exactly who and what I pay.

I usually don’t subscribe to any streaming service, but when I do choose to pay for something, my money goes to smaller entities that I don’t actively want to see fail.

In my book, none of the Hollywood deserves a single cent. It’s an amazing feeling to be in the power to dictate this.

>In my book, none of the Hollywood deserves a single cent. It’s an amazing feeling to be in the power to dictate this.

Then you don't consume it...you boycott it. Freeloading on honest consumers isn't some kind of moral high ground. If Hollywood is corrupt and full of shitheads, letting someone else pay for your ticket doesn't make you a morally pure viewer.

It's fine if you just own that you don't want to pay for what you consume. But don't try and paint yourself like some kind of saint, lol

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Any $10/mo VPN solves this, and probably advertises it as a selling point.

Of course, then you're spending $10 to save $10....

I have the whole *arr stack setup with Plex running in the US just fine, but that's for sure not for everyone and was a few headaches to get up and running

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If you think Hollywood content is worthless why bother pirating it at all? It seems like you would just not consume it.
I don’t think it’s totally worthless. I think people who make it, producers, are extremely corrupted friends of Jeffrey Epstein with each one sooner or later turning out to be a sex offender.

There is a difference.

If you have any sort of conscience you simply don’t want to fund these people. Don’t enable them. Let it wither. Nothing of particular value will be lost.

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>I think people who make it, producers, are extremely corrupted friends of Jeffrey Epstein with each one sooner or later turning out to be a sex offender.

This applies to everything that comes out of Hollywood?

This applies to every big corpo that exists and especially degenerate cesspit of Hollywood.

Big corporation - just inhumane greed beyond mortal comprehension.

Holywood - not only greed but also complete moral decay

It would even apply twice if it could but you cannot really steal a movie twice. Unfortunately.

These greedy, inhumane and morally decayed people produce content that you enjoy consuming after stealing. What does that say about you?
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Surely even the poorest of Americans can pay a couple bux a month for a seedbox?
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Piracy is dead simple these days. Search for “[media name] free streaming” on Yandex and you get a high quality stream with subtitles and multiple audio choices. This works for most stuff, though not everything is available this way.