Hello all,

I’m a huge amateur when it comes to this stuff (I had a guy hold my hand on the phone and walk me through this) but I use Newsgroupdirect and buy blocks when they go on sale.

Is there a better group to do this from (or cheaper). I’m happy here but I saw an article that had some different places listed and it got me thinking.

Which group do you use?

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Paying for piracy is pointless and stupid. Piracy means free and solid access to content and paying for it means the complete subversion of that. 👎 👎

    For that I would be better by just paying for some stupid streaming service and having something more convenient / not having to deal with anything.

    Long live torrents.

    • cerulean_blue@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Don’t know why everyone is shitting on you. You raise a good point. When did piracy become something you pay for?

    • LoganNineFingers@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I used to pay for a VPN and torrent everything but I’ll be honest, $ for $ it costs the same or less AND there is way more selection. I’m ok to pay a little for a better service. I don’t have to figure out what’s streaming on what and I get high quality tv and movies for pennies on the dollar. Even if I went the “free” route I still have to pay for a vpn

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I won’t pay for piracy and that includes a pointless piece of shit VPN that won’t protect you anyways if things get serious.

        • LoganNineFingers@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I imagine it must be nice living in a place where your government doesn’t care. Enjoy your free torrents. I’m ok with a few bucks here and there

          • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            C’mon you’ve plenty of private trackers you can join with an invite from someone else and nobody will easily track you like they can do in public torrents.

            • LoganNineFingers@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I’m kinda over this conversation. I posted asking for input, not someone being argumentative. If you had a stronger argument, maybe I’d change my ways and look into what you’re saying. I politely tried to say I hear you, but I’m good with what I do and you keep digging. At no point have you said anything that makes a strong case, helpful to what I asked or isn’t dismissive. Have a good night