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Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by tomerv on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:03PM (#31126524)
Indeed, pirating is very much an all-or-nothing solution. Torrenting your first movie might be difficult, but the second time it's easy as pie.

In many ways, pirating is like any subscription service: signing on is a difficult decision (whether financially or technically), but once you're there and all caught up with the UI, using it again is the default move for watching your next show/movie.

Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by ajsnigrutin on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:53PM (#31127955)
Pirating has got a lot easier in recent years...

In my country (slovenia) there is a very good local torrent tracker + a lot of people use the few larger general torrent sites, and even "grandpas" can use them, if their "computer-savy" kid installs them a torrent client, and shows them where to search.

In you go further down the balkans, you can find full movies even on youtube, especially local ones (because youtube doesn't remove them). Not that long ago, you could also buy or rent pirated cds/dvds literally from street vendors and "movie clubs" (think blockbuster, but smaller, more local and pirated).

Re:The bottom is dropping out of Netflix by skinnymuch on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:28PM (#31187837)
hah yeah I've been told by a close Slovene friend countless times how that local tracker you have is soo amazing :P