Somewhat stretching the analogy there

Your analogy is looking a bit leggy at this point.

but apparently nobody wanted SD cards so they dropped them from all the devices.

I think you have that the wrong way around. It is not that nobody wanted SD cards, but that phone manufacturers realised limiting storage capacity while making continually thinner devices (up to a point) would increasingly drive cyclical demand. "Is your phone getting full after a year or two? Well this one has MORE storage and look how slim and sexy it is by comparison!" It is not as though there was an organic consumer demand for phones without memory cards; the profit-motive drives these changes.

Think it's possible if you can install via KDE/Macports

And when it comes to morality, that's something you can only define for yourself.

Well the point of his coming here to discuss the ethics of it was to go beyond his own starting moral intuitions, to consider arguments and perspectives that pertain to the ethics of the act in question. The view that morality is a personal matter is a non-starter as far as moral philosophy goes. The ball is in OP's court over who/what to consult to find relevant ethical considerations, and it's up to him to reason those out and whether to follow them, but that doesn't make the ethics itself something for him to define.

Your edit clarification is wrong btw. It should read: only applies when using different external IP addresses.

I would say the only potential issue (and it's a remote one without any irl consequences as far as I know) is this: your IP is logged, and you can't use a VPN to create an account or buy a subscription either, so potentially that information is all there. Plus, there is a download history for every file – I've no idea what they keep on record or how long. So in theory with the right subpoenas, information such as your IP, your bank details (if you didn't choose an anonymous method), and the exact files you pirated are available.

I've no idea how much of that could be realized in practice. And I would like to be wrong about it all.

That said, the likelihood of all this is probably very slim indeed. I would describe this as the only potential catch. It's worth noting that you wouldn't be able to be penalized for an action such as "sharing" copyrighted content though, since you'd only be downloading, not seeding.

Yep, that's why I tried it out – because it added Xtream support. What I meant was that it downloads the channel listings fine, but when you go to play anything, nothing loads. I think it might be because it requires a string in the user agent login field (unlike most Xtream login panels).

Thanks for the rec! I'll check it out

I'll look into this! Is Jellyfin something I could set up on a router (FritzBox)? I'll find out more

Edit: got this working now - thanks for the tip!

Has anyone tried using the recently released Stremio Web with RD? My understanding is that it's more or less fully featured.

Edit: I mean on iOS (iPad specifically). I think it's probably a viable solution.

OnePlus are pretty good with their roms.

used to be pretty good with their roms.

Yeah I've heard this before. I have a friend who got one, word of mouth in his case too. It works well for him and it's tempting to try, but (a) he's one of the least tech savvy people I know, so his recommendation counts for little, and (b) the service plays badly with Nord and he was advised to get SurfShark, which I don't fancy doing. (And in my jurisdiction, VPN usage would be strongly advisable.)