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submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap::Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. From video streaming to ride-hailing and cloud computing.

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[-] goffy59@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I have a solution for everyone having problems.

Private Internet Access (specifically for port forwarding) in docker container networked with the below container QBitTorrent in a docker container

prowlarr to connect to private torrent websites

watch the community open signups for invites or just buy one, a good start is iptorrents or torrentday (same people).

attached the private torrent login to prowlarr

add sonarr or radarr to prowlarr and start downloading shows for free to your plex or whatever you wanna use. Use google or CHATGPT to figure out how to do all this shit. But honestly if they don't want to play fair, why should we. PIRACY FOR THE WIN!

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The guy that owns private internet access bought freenode and basically killed it. And fuck all vpn services for that matter.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/

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[-] Ronath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I can still pick and choose my streaming. If I don't want Netflix I can cancel it, I don't have to keep it just so I can also watch Hulu.

Yes, if you get everything, it's about the same or more than cable.

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[-] DankMemeMachine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Capitalism: It just works™℠®©

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

If the FTC wasn’t such a limp dick for the past 2 decades, things may have turned out differently. All of these problems are the result of too much consolidation and not enough competition.

That’s why I’m excited about Khan’s FTC since she is actually doing her job. Despite a couple of high profile losses, they’re winning more than they’re losing and, most importantly, they’re deterring anticompetitive mergers since companies now have to think twice or risk a lawsuit.

[-] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Get a server and TrueNAS and start self-hosting. Much better value long term.

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[-] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd love a distro for raspi etc that made onroading to pirating really easy. like LibreElec for Raspberry Pi is great, but you have to manually verify the debrid and trakt in settings, i need something boomer-friendly. Like, first run, it gives a debrid verification url prompt, waits for it, then trakt, waits for it, then asks like "which of these popular shows do you like" and offers suggestions to start

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Nah that's okay, I much prefer it with the barriers to entry. Making it bang simple for all the normies is how this shit gets locked down and much more difficult for the rest of us.

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