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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by servercobra on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:53AM (#31412505)
You say that, but a lot of older shows become increasingly hard to get copies of the longer from the air date you get (legally or pirated)
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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by jrochkind1 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @12:28PM (#31413026)
I have not had that experience as a pirater of TV shows, I can have pretty much always been able to get anything I ever wanted that I ever could before, through the sources I use.

But certainly there is no guarantee, that is true.

(I don't use usenet as a source, myself).

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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by servercobra on Thursday May 19, 2022 @03:33PM (#31439060)
Yeah, it's probably a natural effect of using usenet with its built in retention. Definitely once you get past 10 years (typical retention is ~3000 days), things drop off a lot because no one re-uploads them.
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