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That's like saying torrents are only used for piracy, TOR only for buying drugs, and crypto only for laundering money.

by shepherdjerred 4y ago

Karunamon 4y ago
There are a distressing amount of people on this website who believe all three of those things.
paxys 4y ago
What percentage of torrent use or Plex use is not for piracy?
- shepherdjerred 4y ago
  I use torrents frequently for downloading Linux distros. Last weekend I downloaded Debian[0]. Plex has many legitimate use cases. More recently they've pushed into streaming by licensing free content[1], and adding a UI to show where to watch a given show given a set of streaming services that you subscribe to[2]. Aside from that they have their streaming Live TV/DVR[3] feature where you plug a TV tuner into your computer to stream your TV from anywhere, and record it to disk. I have this setup, and it can be useful when watching sports with friends because nobody I know has cable setup 24/7 -- they usually plug an antenna in when they want to watch a game. The more common Plex features of managing a TV, movie, and music library have legitimate use cases of providing a way to stream media that you have purchased and copied to disk. Lastly, just yesterday I uploaded all of the lecture videos of a course I'm taking to my Plex instance which allows me to stream them from anywhere or download them for offline viewing using a reliable app instead of the Canvas UI. Out of honesty I'll admit that I do use Plex for piracy. I previously had subscriptions to Netflix and HBO, and I'll often purchase a subscription when there's a new show that I want to watch (e.g. the new Game of Thrones series). I'm not going to subscribe to 10 different streaming services to watch what I want (which is often just background noise while I work), which is what the industry is moving to. [0]: https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ [1]: https://watch.plex.tv/live-tv https://watch.plex.tv/live-tv [2]: https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-streaming-struggle-with-plex/ https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-streaming-struggle-with-ple... [3]: https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/

That's like saying torrents are only used for piracy, TOR only for buying drugs, and crypto only for laundering money.

Karunamon 4y ago

There are a distressing amount of people on this website who believe all three of those things.

paxys 4y ago

What percentage of torrent use or Plex use is not for piracy?

shepherdjerred 4y ago
I use torrents frequently for downloading Linux distros. Last weekend I downloaded Debian[0]. Plex has many legitimate use cases. More recently they've pushed into streaming by licensing free content[1], and adding a UI to show where to watch a given show given a set of streaming services that you subscribe to[2]. Aside from that they have their streaming Live TV/DVR[3] feature where you plug a TV tuner into your computer to stream your TV from anywhere, and record it to disk. I have this setup, and it can be useful when watching sports with friends because nobody I know has cable setup 24/7 -- they usually plug an antenna in when they want to watch a game. The more common Plex features of managing a TV, movie, and music library have legitimate use cases of providing a way to stream media that you have purchased and copied to disk. Lastly, just yesterday I uploaded all of the lecture videos of a course I'm taking to my Plex instance which allows me to stream them from anywhere or download them for offline viewing using a reliable app instead of the Canvas UI. Out of honesty I'll admit that I do use Plex for piracy. I previously had subscriptions to Netflix and HBO, and I'll often purchase a subscription when there's a new show that I want to watch (e.g. the new Game of Thrones series). I'm not going to subscribe to 10 different streaming services to watch what I want (which is often just background noise while I work), which is what the industry is moving to. [0]: https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ [1]: https://watch.plex.tv/live-tv https://watch.plex.tv/live-tv [2]: https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-streaming-struggle-with-plex/ https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-streaming-struggle-with-ple... [3]: https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877347-live-tv-dvr/