Evkob

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

They're talking about Real Debrid, which is a subscription service allowing access to hosters and easy conversion of torrents to direct streams. It's really cheap and absolutely worth the money IMO, but RD doesn't seed torrents. Distributing content in that manner would get them in heaps of legal trouble.

I guess it does somewhat solve the problem of leeching, as if anyone has streamed a torrent via RD in the past 30 days you'll just load their cached copy, but I was perhaps naïvely hoping for an actual addon (RD is not an addon but rather can be configured through Torrentio) that somehow seeded torrents I stream.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Which addon is that, if you don't mind sharing?

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is about trackers as in devices which can geolocate, such as Apple's airtags, not privacy-invading data collection in apps. Google obviously wouldn't care to address the latter.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

There is also a Trakt add-on, like the other commenter said the integration isn't as seamless as a well-maintained Kodi setup, but it's definitely good enough that I've switched from Kodi to Stremio with Trakt being the way I organise my TV/movie watchlists.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Kodi + add-ons is great if you like tinkering, otherwise I would recommend Stremio with the Torrentio add-on. Stremio + Torrentio + Real-Debrid is the easiest way to consume pirated media IMO.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a fair criticism, but I wouldn't recommend Windows as a daily driver to 95% of people either. If you like/care/know about computers, use Linux, otherwise I'd recommend MacOS over Windows (unless said person uses their computer for gaming, in which case Windows'll give you the least hassle)

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I would describe myself as firmly "in the middle", and I honestly don't disagree with your points overall. However, I think Windows isn't really "easier to use" than most Linux distros, it's just what most people are used to.

That doesn't take away from your argument, as being familiar with an OS will make it easier to use and that's completely valid, but someone who's used Linux all their life would similarly face struggles using Windows. User inertia is a huge factor contributing to Windows' marketshare.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Have you set up port forwarding for qbittorrent?

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another point: for equivalent models. Car manufacturers over the past two decades have been dropping the more affordable sedans and such from their lineups, favouring their more expensive SUVs.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

If you're already using a whole second browser just for YouTube, may I suggest looking into FreeTube? It's a great YouTube desktop client.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't have a phone until I was 16 despite most of my peers getting one around 12/13. I didn't get bullied for not having a phone, in fact no one really made any comments on it other than an occasional "wow, I couldn't live without my phone!"

Granted, this was over ten years ago, and was probably the first generation of teenagers where cell phones were near-ubiquitous. I don't know if kids nowadays would get bullied just for not having a phone, but it would severely limit their social interactions. Riding your bike and knocking at your friends' doors randomly, or going to the mall and expecting you'll find some people you know there, these are from a bygone era.

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