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Re:Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results by dleslie on Saturday June 30, 2018 @12:34PM (#17431442)
We did this for similar reasons; the documentary and edutainment selection ran dry, and the children's section had a terrible signal/noise.

Now we've been without any TV or streaming services for about six months, and relying on a Kodi box and my collection of ripped DVDs.

We spend more time together as a family.

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Re:Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results by burger_moon on Saturday June 30, 2018 @01:25PM (#17431712)
Documentaries just don't pay the bills and I think it's killed off a lot of potential for good content.

Chris Bell is someone who I heard talk recently on a podcast about this. He makes documentaries and discussed how hard it is just to break even making a documentary because of how Netflix/HBO/etc structure deals and vendor lock in.

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Re:Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results by 1123581321 on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:49AM (#17439402)
Can you please link to the podcast or summarize how the deals are structured?
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Re:Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results by Kagerjay on Saturday June 30, 2018 @12:45PM (#17431494)
Sometimes I use popcorntime.sh (the open github repo mirror), run a VPN, and grab the .torrent file.

It only works if there are enough seeders, otherwise I have a seedbox that I FTP into for watching some movies I haven't seen yet.

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