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Piracy is not about availability; it is about convenience. Signing up to different services that are based around monthly fees and then having to deal with tho

Piracy is not about availability; it is about convenience. Signing up to different services that are based around monthly fees and then having to deal with those services when you might only want to binge one show is inconvenient. Having to deal with personal data loss / fraud when those services get hacked is onconvenoent Having to use multiple different apps (or even devices) for different shows is inconvenient. Having to be online to watch the show is inconvenient. Pirating can be more convenient than the above (see other posters fully automated setup) and when it is, the path of least resistance wins.

friedman23 7y ago
> then having to deal with those services when you might only want to binge one show is inconvenient It's really less convenient than setting up a plex server buying multiple TBs of storage and presumably dealing with all of the hassle involved in joining a private tracker?
- bikeshed 7y ago
  Absolutely, like no question. Once the show's been automatically downloaded you can do whatever you want with it, and setting up Plex is a one-time-only thing. What happens when the content you're after gets sold to someone else or subsumed into another provider and you've got to jump to a new streaming service with different terms and conditions and content restrictions? Piracy is simple.
  - kaybe 7y ago
    It's simple to the point that I often see people around spontaneously pirate content they do have legal access to because of convenience.
  - friedman23 7y ago
    I've dealt with a private tracker before and I know you are lying. Spending money on netflix and amazon is simple and costs less and requires less effort than buying everything involved in setting up a plex server. Piracy is only simple if you are content with watching cheap rips that you download from the pirate bay on your laptop.

friedman23 7y ago

> then having to deal with those services when you might only want to binge one show is inconvenient It's really less convenient than setting up a plex server buying multiple TBs of storage and presumably dealing with all of the hassle involved in joining a private tracker?

bikeshed 7y ago
Absolutely, like no question. Once the show's been automatically downloaded you can do whatever you want with it, and setting up Plex is a one-time-only thing. What happens when the content you're after gets sold to someone else or subsumed into another provider and you've got to jump to a new streaming service with different terms and conditions and content restrictions? Piracy is simple.
- kaybe 7y ago
  It's simple to the point that I often see people around spontaneously pirate content they do have legal access to because of convenience.
- friedman23 7y ago
  I've dealt with a private tracker before and I know you are lying. Spending money on netflix and amazon is simple and costs less and requires less effort than buying everything involved in setting up a plex server. Piracy is only simple if you are content with watching cheap rips that you download from the pirate bay on your laptop.