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I bring this up fairly often but I do not understand why people’s default privacy mental image is torrenting and not the perfectly convenient Netflix clones lik
by jncfhnb 3y ago
I bring this up fairly often but I do not understand why people’s default privacy mental image is torrenting and not the perfectly convenient Netflix clones like Sflix that require no software
- calamari4065 3y agoBecause that isn't private? Instead of Netflix tracking what you watch, it's some other site. Sites which usually come with awful ads and tracking to pay for the gargantuan amount of bandwidth a streaming platform needs. When I say private, it means that absolutely no one except me and my computer needs to know that I'm watching Xena for the hundredth time.
- jncfhnb 3y agoPiracy*
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoI doubt that very many people here even knows how civilians pirate things. These threads are always full of people describing how they have a 80PB ZFS array on OVH with a Plex server, unlimited Usenet block account, and 50 private trackers, acting like they’re describing anything relevant to anyone besides the ultra-nerdy. Sharing streaming service passwords. 16-part Family Guy episodes on TikTok, and ridiculous ad-ridden streaming websites ending in odd TLDs are all the rage. The latest generation of young adults grew up on Chromebooks.
- jncfhnb 3y agoLike, sure. But SFlix is easier than all of those things and is a perfect match to a Chromebook. I just don’t understand why it’s not in the public conscious.