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Have they considered offering better content and services than the free options?
Gabe said it best! "The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates."
So every movie/show for less than $50/year + time spent setting up arrs lol
Even that cost and arrs aren't strictly necessary. For those who like to binge their shows, most of them get a "complete" version on most good torrent sites once they're done releasing (let's not get started on the cousin-fucking yeehaw lissencephalic level of thinking it takes to release streamed shows weekly). Download those, watch them, preserve what you think you'll rewatch in the future then delete the rest. So long as your machine has a good few terrabytes it'll last some time.
Yeah I referred to usenet by default that’s why the cost 😅
Fair. I'd assumed it was a rough amount for the electricity bill increase for running a home server