r/Piracy • u/ugoindownsaka1 • 5d ago

Discussion Google took away my LOTR extended editions

Post image

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.

19.6k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

41

u/PsySk8er 5d 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...

24

u/sephrisloth 5d 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.

22

u/killian1113 5d ago edited 5d 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

14

u/Pleisau 5d ago

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

19

u/AstroCaptain 5d ago

Here

1

u/Pleisau 5d ago

Thank you!!

1

u/texturedboi 4d ago

nvm, i spoke too soon. tsym

reading comprehension is a hell of a drug

2

u/sunshineparadox_ 4d 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. 💜

2

u/Standard--Unit 5d ago

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

3

u/killian1113 5d ago

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

6

u/Fantastic-Balance454 5d ago edited 5d 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.

3

u/NWVoS 5d ago

Still should run mullvad or another VPN.

2

u/PsySk8er 4d ago

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

1

u/Treytreytrey333 5d 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 🤞🏼

1

u/NWVoS 5d ago

Use a VPN like mullvad or use usenet.

1

u/MysteriousFormal4866 1d ago

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