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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,
by 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 agoSome 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 agoThis 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 agoIt's the same obnoxious minute long ad before. At least it's only HBO shows.
- tracker1 9y agoI 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.