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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by honkdaddy on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:12AM (#31410019)
Why not just pay $5/mo for a Plex share with tens of thousands of the most popular movies and TV shows?

I haven't torrented or paid for content in years. If I want to watch something and it's not on the server, I message the admin in Bangalore and he adds it.

Sure I don't "have" the content in the sense it's not sitting on spinning disks, but I don't care. Life is too short to try to collect widely available digital media.

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by nickthegreek on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:26AM (#31410227)
Collecting the media can be almost 100% automated with sonarr and radarr. Getting content can be even easier than messaging an admin.
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by wccrawford on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:26AM (#31410220)
One of the advantages of local storage is that internet outages don't necessarily affect your ability to watch some shows. One of the main advantages that streaming has for me over live TV is the ability to watch things when I want to, without restrictions.

Don't even get me started about commercials. Amazon Prime has been putting up movies without commercials, and then adding commercials later. This has bit our movie group a few times lately. Very frustrating.

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by julianlam on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:58AM (#31410737)
> One of the advantages of local storage is that internet outages don't necessarily affect your ability to watch some shows.

This came to a head for me not too long ago when my internet went out for a little while. I told my wife we could just watch the antenna TV, and she simply couldn't grok the idea that TV signals were coming to the house without the internet working.

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by 10729287 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:38AM (#31410388)
Plot twist, OP is the admin in Bangalore.
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by leonhard on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:28AM (#31410245)
Never heard of this. Where would one find such a service?
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by 29083011397778 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:59AM (#31410750)
Reddit [0], for one. I'm beyond sure that Discord has at least one community for this as well, but somehow piracy feels morally okay compared to Discord silo-ing off areas of the internet - ergo, I have no link, sorry.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/plexshares/

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by honkdaddy on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:51AM (#31410627)
/r/PlexShares! Lots of options, they all have largely the same stuff. There are also more specialized ones if you want anime, Bollywood, K-dramas, etc.

Just shop around and find one with a free trial. It's not very automated, so you'll have to chat with them over Discord, but once it's set up it's completely hands-off. Good luck!

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by exadeci on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:18AM (#31419767)
Some servers allow you to sync the content on your devices as it's possible with Plex you often just need to ask them.

Very helpful when flying for 30h

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by pirate-Loo6uoDu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:50AM (#31411547)
How long do you think that's going to last?
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by jokowueu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @01:45PM (#31414055)
IPTV boxes still exist so these will last forever since they are still quite obscure .

What these Plex share owners do is advertise first . Reach the number of users they need then go private and it becomes invite only . This what happened to the one I joined and it's perfect for 2 years now .

What I find odd about these Plex shares is the insane catalog they have which includes Vhs rips of obscure 1980s slasher films

Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by sshagent on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:30AM (#31410273)
what is this plex share?
Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by honkdaddy on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:52AM (#31410636)
I answered above - but the tl;dr is to check out /r/PlexShares.