Whirlybird

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Whirlybird,

You didn’t, but lots did. They’re still using reddit to this day.

Whirlybird,

No, the people that didn’t leave yet kept whining are the whiners.

Whirlybird,

They don’t care about making the site good or attracting a healthy community.

They never cared about the “healthy” part either, just “big”. Reddit has been a cesspool for years and years and years, largely thanks to the moderators.

Whirlybird,

There’s also always someone that says “I fixed it, thanks” and then doesn’t say how.

How does Usenet content not immediately get DMCA'd into oblivion?

For instance, say I search for “The Dark Knight” on my Usenet indexer. It returns to me a list of uploads and where to get them via my Usenet provider. I can then download them, stitch them together, and verify that it is, indeed, The Dark Knight. All of this costs only a few dollars a month for me....

Whirlybird,

They do. Almost everything gets DMCA’d within hours of being uploaded. What happens is they just get uploaded again and again, on different backbones and servers, and you end up getting the complete thing from multiple sources or as soon as it gets uploaded but before it gets DMCAd.

Whirlybird,

Because it’s simple. The company that owns the content does a DMCA claim and they either remove it or get sued. Removing it is simple and largely automated.

Whirlybird,

Install the *arr programs that you want to manage your libraries - Radarr (for movies), Sonarr (for tv shows), Lidarr (for music)

Install NZBGet (for downloading the files)

Sign up to a usenet provider.

Sign up to an indexer like NZBGeek, NZBFinder, etc.

Put your usenet provider details in to NZBGet under the News-Server section.

Put your indexer details into the indexer settings in *arr programs.

Put your NZBGet details into the Download Clients setting section in *arr programs.

Pretty much the gist of it. Then you can just search for and add the content you’re after in Radarr/Sonarr/Lidarr and it will go looking.

If you need a hand I’m happy to help.

Whirlybird,

Usenet will download much faster and is generally much more “private” and secure (your ISP can never see what you download).

Whirlybird,

🤣 Fuck of reddit, they’re handing over that data without putting up a fight.

Whirlybird,

Ah so if I go rent a Lamborghini for a day that means I own it and don’t have to give it back?

Whirlybird,

Sony are one of the most anti consumer companies around, yet their diehard fans and the gaming media especially just give them a free pass. It’s disgusting.

Whirlybird,

The ps1, PS2, and PS3 were all massively flawed hardware designs that broke en masse.

Whirlybird,

You paid for a licence to watch this content for as long as it is available.

Whirlybird,

You don’t get that from buying a license for a digital movie/tv show.

Whirlybird,

If you knew anything about digital purchasing you’d understand why u brought it up.

When you “buy” a digital tv show or movie you’re not actually buying it, you’re purchasing a license to use it, a license that can be revoked, for content that can be removed.

I swear most people have no idea how digital ownership works. I expected more from people on here at least.

Whirlybird, (edited )

With digital shows and movies -and games - you’re essentially buying a limited license that can be revoked at any time. This shouldn’t be news to anyone. You’re not actually buying ownership of the show/movie.

Even physical media you’re just buying a license. That license has restrictions.

Whirlybird,

The PS had weak plastic laser eye rails. Prolonged use warped them causing laser/disc misalignment, so you would have to often play with the console up side down etc to try and adjust for it.

The PS2 has the disc read error, lost multiple class action lawsuits over the design flaw.

PS3 had the yellow light of death. Design/manufacturing flaw like the Xbox red ring of death.

Whirlybird,

I’m not “extremely young”, in fact I’m likely older than you. That is always how digital purchases have worked.

Whirlybird,

Ferrari literally do this btw.

I feel like the Steam Deck is the best proof of Gabe Newell's quote that "piracy is a service issue."

They could have easily crammed the Steam Deck full of stuff to make it hard to use for piracy - locking down everything, making it usable only to play games you legitimately own, force you to go through who knows what hoops in order to play games on it. That’s what Nintendo or Apple or most other companies do....

Whirlybird, (edited )

The steam deck does nothing to prevent piracy though? It’s just a portable pc. Nothing about it is making pc gaming any more enticing to make people stop pirating.

Whirlybird,

You’re just describing pc gaming though, not specifically steam deck gaming.

Whirlybird,

I can’t think of a worse mobile device to use for movie/tv watching than a steam deck 😂. Your phone would be much better.

Whirlybird,

Licensing deals usually.

Whirlybird,

Don’t let lemmy become another shit fest that we just moved from.

Lemmy literally started as a political shitfest site. It’s just now filled with the people from reddit too.

Whirlybird,

Does it count as tracking though? What private or personal data is it? I’d also say that it’s at the very least grey area since all they’re doing is trying to prevent people from using their service in unintended ways, ie without ads.

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