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I have only had one experience with RSS and that was back in the day with EZtv. I would subscribe to all my favourite shows and when they would air on tv the RS

by 14 5y ago

I have only had one experience with RSS and that was back in the day with EZtv. I would subscribe to all my favourite shows and when they would air on tv the RSS feed would find it automatically and download the show. I remember someone asking me how come I didn’t have cable and was telling them that I just stream my tv. Said look, loaded up my computer and went to my downloads. What made it even better was since I am on the west coast the show I wanted to show him had already aired on the easy coast 3 hours earlier so streamers had already upped it commercial free. So I had my show commercial free prior to it airing locally. That was my experience with RSS and yes it was wonderful.

krono 5y ago
I'm not going to post links here, but Sonarr, Readarr, and other "arr"s are FOSS projects that provide similar automation for monitoring and downloading of shows and films. Illegal, immoral, but can't deny they're interesting projects! Edit: For any over-eager MPAA agents who might be reading this: I'm not actually running these applications :)
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- hyproxia 5y ago
  >immoral [citation needed]
  - cabalamat 5y ago
    What's immoral is copyright law, which in practise (if not in theory) is largely a way to allow big corporations to rent-seek. The internet was developed under the radar of a lot of powerful institutions -- both corporations and governments -- and gave unprecedented power and control to individuals. The whole history of how the internet has developed from 2000 onwards is the powerful institutions attempting (mostly successfully) to castrate the internet and make it a place that doesn't threaten their power any more. I want the old internet back, though I expect what I'm more likely to get is a jackboot stamping on a human face forever.
  - krono 5y ago
    There's no accounting for taste.

by 14 5y ago

krono 5y ago

I'm not going to post links here, but Sonarr, Readarr, and other "arr"s are FOSS projects that provide similar automation for monitoring and downloading of shows and films. Illegal, immoral, but can't deny they're interesting projects! Edit: For any over-eager MPAA agents who might be reading this: I'm not actually running these applications :)

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hyproxia 5y ago
>immoral [citation needed]
- cabalamat 5y ago
  What's immoral is copyright law, which in practise (if not in theory) is largely a way to allow big corporations to rent-seek. The internet was developed under the radar of a lot of powerful institutions -- both corporations and governments -- and gave unprecedented power and control to individuals. The whole history of how the internet has developed from 2000 onwards is the powerful institutions attempting (mostly successfully) to castrate the internet and make it a place that doesn't threaten their power any more. I want the old internet back, though I expect what I'm more likely to get is a jackboot stamping on a human face forever.
- krono 5y ago
  There's no accounting for taste.