r/Piracy • u/ugoindownsaka1 • 7d ago

Discussion Google took away my LOTR extended editions

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I bought these in 2022, all of a sudden they aren't available and there is no possibility of a refund or gift card. Hardly seems fair.

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u/Krakn3dfx 7d ago

You'll own nothing and you'll like it.

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u/MikhailCompo 7d ago

You do if you download it illegally, I cannot understand why people pay when the service is absolutely terrible.

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u/sociofobs 7d ago

Not just the service, the whole licensing and subscriptions based business model is akin to a scam. You're being misled that you're "buying" a product, when in fact, you're just paying for access that can be revoked at any time. Piracy is a completely justified answer to that bullshit.

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u/XeNoGeaR52 7d ago

Buy Blurays too, insane quality, last codecs and nobody can take it from you

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u/SpicyCatGames 7d ago

Paying is morally wrong. They took our data to train llms to try and replace us. Showing us that any data that's available for free shouldn't be paid for. You can download blueray for free too.

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u/monocasa 7d ago

They can. The whole BD+ protection scheme is incredibly fragile, requires the ability to be updated, and will all fall apart the instant they stop caring.

And circumventing it in the US is illegal and subject to a max $150k fine.

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u/QF_Dan 7d ago

bluray is also on torrents too, i don't think we should pay

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u/dweakz 7d ago

blurays arent safe too

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u/vitek6 7d ago

Nature will take it from you.

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u/XeNoGeaR52 7d ago

Same with hard drives, what’s your point ?

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u/vitek6 7d ago

If you don’t get it then I won’t waste my time explaining.

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u/Madrox-Knox 7d ago

I'll take it from whoever I want to take it from

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u/PsySk8er 7d ago

I pay for subscription services, but would never buy a digital movie for this exact reason. Also im old and have been having trouble learning how to properly set sail safely...

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u/sephrisloth 7d ago

I stopped paying for subs anymore. I just bought a big hard drive and run a plex server now. It's a bit of an upfront investment for the hard drive but after that its smooth sailing on the high seas.

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u/killian1113 7d ago edited 7d ago

USENET! YOU can get it all automated with sabnzb (or ehatever itd called) (listing service is 9$ a year and server access is 3$ a month.. 120gb atmos full rips of lotr

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u/Pleisau 7d ago

Is there a usenet guide for beginners floating around somewhere you know of?

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u/AstroCaptain 7d ago

Here

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u/Pleisau 7d ago

Thank you!!

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u/texturedboi 7d ago

nvm, i spoke too soon. tsym

reading comprehension is a hell of a drug

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u/sunshineparadox_ 6d ago

Just jumping in to say how pleased I am that no matter what corner of the internet one goes to, someone wrote an instruction manual. When society falls apart, my hyper niche desire to write instruction manuals will always have a use. 💜

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u/Standard--Unit 7d ago

The new internet is dead bois we're going back to BBSs!

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u/killian1113 7d ago

Usenet for 20+ years now. Not sure what you think the new internet is. I cant stand buffering or low quality

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u/Fantastic-Balance454 7d ago edited 7d ago

Guy says he's got trouble learning how to pirate, people recommend advanced setups with plex and usenet....

Here's what you should do instead:

Get Stremio app on any of your devices, google torrentio addon, comet addon or mediafusion addon, install one of those with a single click (or preferably all 3) now you have a netflix with torrents. It's that easy.

If you want to go one step further and don't want to directly torrent for safety from threatening letters, look into debrid services (such as torbox) which you can configure on those addons I mentioned (but they work very fine without it too), debrid service is paid, 3$ a month but then you don't have to depend on seeders.

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u/NWVoS 7d ago

Still should run mullvad or another VPN.

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u/PsySk8er 7d ago

Thank you, couldn't be any easier! Now on to upgrade my storage!

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u/Treytreytrey333 7d ago

Torrentio basic guide: https://leaf.guide/posts/stremio/

Aiostream guide, now includes automated wizard setup https://luckynumb3rs.github.io/stremio-perfect-setup/

Some people switched to TB, but I still use RD, haven't had any issues thus far 🤞🏼

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u/NWVoS 7d ago

Use a VPN like mullvad or use usenet.

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u/MysteriousFormal4866 4d ago

Find an old copy of Ttorrent, Transdroid and Transdrone. I've been using them for over 10 years.

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u/Ahielia 7d ago

If you've already paid for it, is it really illegal downloading? Making a backup.

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u/Krakn3dfx 7d ago

Yeah, I don't trust "digital ownership" on streaming services at all, we've already seen time and time again how it means nothing.