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Honest question: What is TPB good for these days? Recent mainstream movies are available through iTunes and similar venues. Older and/or lesser known movies usu
by cpach 7y ago
Honest question: What is TPB good for these days? Recent mainstream movies are available through iTunes and similar venues. Older and/or lesser known movies usually have very few seeders on TPB IME. IMO it’s more convenient to just order the DVD by mail in that case.
- girzel 7y agoIt was great for GoT...
- tadzik_ 7y agoI guess I'm in the minority here, but I honestly find everything I want there. It's still the only sensible place to obtain stuff I want to check out (no, I don't want to dish out 20€/month to see one film once) and I never have a problem with getting old things faster than I can plug in my DVD drive. It's perfectly fine as a normie tracker imo.
- zlakb 7y agoWell, it's like streaming services, but free. It's great for well known movies and music. Sometimes software too.
- Diederich 7y agoWell, Game of Thrones was readily available with a lot of seeds.
- cpach 7y agoI’m not surprised, that’s exactly the kind of material one would expect to find there. If I would watch GoT I would just do it on HBO, but to each their own.
- rc_kas 7y agoI like to have downloaded files of movies I own. Thus I can watch them without and internet connection and also I don't have to trust the the streaming service will randomly delete my movie (as has happened).
- rconti 7y agoWhy not just rip them? I used to rip all of my DVDs, but then found I never watched those rips, and now I'd rather just pay $5 to watch the 4k version than track down my "free" 480i copy.
- asdff 7y agoTakes a lot longer than search, click magnet link, open file.
- Asooka 7y agoRipping them is exactly as illegal as torrenting while being harder to do and the tools to remove DRM from content are under constant attack. It's easier to just torrent.
- rconti 7y agoThanks, I didn't realize what a hassle the DRM stuff had become.
- darkpuma 7y agoThat's such a hassle. I only do that with movies I can't find good torrents for. (My local library has a pretty good DVD collection.)
- wil421 7y agoWhy don’t you use Usenet?
- kzrdude 7y agoIn-browser players with drm lag and don't give you options about video quality, can't shift playback speed or shift audio/video sync timing or add subtitles from fans etc etc.
- yulaow 7y agoTo try games. Since companies stopped creating demos I need to download a pirated copy of a game before deciding if I should buy it or not, even just to check if it runs decently on my hw configuration.
- bathory 7y agoHuh, I thought that is what steam refunds are for these days. Do you also finish the game, to decide if you like the games ending? https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds
- Yajirobe 7y agoThank god all the games exist on Steam.
- yulaow 7y agoReading the tos for refunds it seems I have to play for a maximum of two hours or must be passed less than two weeks from the moment I buy. Considering I play mostly rts, simulator or survival games I need far more than 2 hours to understand if the gameplay is deep enough or replayable enough, or if the game slow down too much as soon as I have too many units/buildings in the screen
- gjs278 7y agouhh download the movies on itunes for free? get the dvd by mail in a few hours as opposed to days? why is your comment so incredibly full of shit?
- michannne 7y agoSoftware like Photoshop or After Effects, cracked PC games I would guess, and of course pornography. Important to note that despite the convenience offered in today's streaming services, there is still a large portion of people who are morally/ethically against paying for streaming services, so there is still a market for TV and movies -- PopcornTime runs on torrents and there are millions of users.