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My thoughts exactly, but many people (my wife springs to mind) simply don't care. I'm always amazed how some friends are happy to watch the most awful pirate st

by giobox 9y ago

My thoughts exactly, but many people (my wife springs to mind) simply don't care. I'm always amazed how some friends are happy to watch the most awful pirate streams, even where they could comfortably afford a subscription to whatever streaming service it's on. To each their own, I guess.

AznHisoka 9y ago
by pirate streams, do you mean the torrent downloads too? because those are almost as good as watching it on HBO.
- mekkkkkk 9y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. I don't see pirating as a sacrifice in quality. You reliably get 1080p releases of episodes as soon as they have aired, often with subtitles. What you sacrifice by pirating is a bit of conscience and (arguably) convenience.
sprayk 9y ago
I often find myself wanting to pirate when watching an official stream that just plain sucks. The worst is when I am forced to watch ads when I start and scrub, then the video fails for some reason shortly after starting (and watching the ad). I refresh the page, watch the ad, scrub to where I was watching, watch another ad, then it fails again a few more minutes in. Finding the pirated copy might be a PITA, but I at least will have a file on disk that I can do whatever I want with and there's no question whether I'll be able to watch all the way through.
- AznHisoka 9y ago
  Some shows either don't have English subtitles (or if they do, it's small, or is horribly displayed), which is a big reason why I want to pirate too.
- rflrob 9y ago
  This is not my experience with HBO Go, however. There's one skippable "here's what else is on HBO" promo (I think it's skippable—usually I just queue it up while we're settling in to watch), then right into the show with no breaks. Is HBO Now different?
  - am1988 9y ago
    It's the same obnoxious minute long ad before. At least it's only HBO shows.
- tracker1 9y ago
  I had something similar happen when I was watching a movie on an airline flight... I gave up after the third or fourth time it reset.
ghrifter 9y ago
Why watch a show in HD, legally, for $15 a month when I could get 3 latte mochiattos with shots of vanilla, then watch a crappy 360p pirate stream of a show I'm a "diehard" fan of?
lotkowskim 9y ago
My biggest problem is that I am more than willing to pay the subscription fee, but being based outside of US most services won’t allow it or have a delay when the episodes become available.

by giobox 9y ago

AznHisoka 9y ago

by pirate streams, do you mean the torrent downloads too? because those are almost as good as watching it on HBO.

mekkkkkk 9y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I don't see pirating as a sacrifice in quality. You reliably get 1080p releases of episodes as soon as they have aired, often with subtitles. What you sacrifice by pirating is a bit of conscience and (arguably) convenience.

sprayk 9y ago

I often find myself wanting to pirate when watching an official stream that just plain sucks. The worst is when I am forced to watch ads when I start and scrub, then the video fails for some reason shortly after starting (and watching the ad). I refresh the page, watch the ad, scrub to where I was watching, watch another ad, then it fails again a few more minutes in. Finding the pirated copy might be a PITA, but I at least will have a file on disk that I can do whatever I want with and there's no question whether I'll be able to watch all the way through.

AznHisoka 9y ago
Some shows either don't have English subtitles (or if they do, it's small, or is horribly displayed), which is a big reason why I want to pirate too.
rflrob 9y ago
This is not my experience with HBO Go, however. There's one skippable "here's what else is on HBO" promo (I think it's skippable—usually I just queue it up while we're settling in to watch), then right into the show with no breaks. Is HBO Now different?
- am1988 9y ago
  It's the same obnoxious minute long ad before. At least it's only HBO shows.
tracker1 9y ago
I had something similar happen when I was watching a movie on an airline flight... I gave up after the third or fourth time it reset.

ghrifter 9y ago

Why watch a show in HD, legally, for $15 a month when I could get 3 latte mochiattos with shots of vanilla, then watch a crappy 360p pirate stream of a show I'm a "diehard" fan of?

lotkowskim 9y ago

My biggest problem is that I am more than willing to pay the subscription fee, but being based outside of US most services won’t allow it or have a delay when the episodes become available.