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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by ekianjo on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:21PM (#27298626)
> I'm a computer geek, and I'm LONG past the point where setting up safe VMs and signing up to half a dozen services like newsgroup server and directories and search engines and what nots, download software with impossible names like sabnzbd

Then as a computer geek you don't seem to be aware about the modern tools to do that.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by NikolaNovak on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:04PM (#27322718)
I mean, that reinforces every single one of my points, doesn't it? :) its unhelpful, dismissive, and shows a complete lack of empathy.

My whole point is that Netflix is fire and forget. Piracy is not only a complex install and a security threat, you also have the cognitive and time load of keeping up, learning about and reinstalling / reconfiguring new stuff all the time... I deal with sysadmin all day at work, at home, sometimes I just want to watch stuff - and certainly my family does.

Some people get pleasure out of mowing the lawn, some people get pleasure of endlessly reconfiguring their home lab - I was one of those for 25 years, but! It's crucial to recognize that's a minority.

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