fmovies has been gone almost a month. I should have added “FBI” up there but really they used FBI to shoot down the service, not be like them.

I don’t understand when these companies are going to learn that sharing their IP is going to get them more money than being so fractured.

I started using sudo-lol and seems okay. Streaming can be hinky at times but it works for most of the things I want to watch.

I know that torrenting can be a thing but sometimes I just want to watch and not deal with a whole finding a torrent, download, and then watch workflow.

  • Blackout@kbin.run
    45·
    2 months ago

    Losing fmovies wasn’t the bad thing as there are dozens of clones. It’s the hosting services that really took a hit. The reliable ones have been down for a while. The ones left buffer much slower and can’t handle peak times as well. Those years with fmovies really felt like the golden age of piracy.

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
      594·
      2 months ago

      Dude, there is the golden age I’ve waited 20yrs for.

      Check sonarr/radarr/prowlarr/lidarr etc. A lil work, some mere bucks a month for extra comfyness and you’re set. Never worry again.

        • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          361·
          2 months ago

          Generally I agree. But I’d be willing to pay what I would pay a streaming company if they had all the content I wanted.

          • Blackout@kbin.run
            14·
            2 months ago

            The automated services are quite nice. Ive enjoyed not managing a seed box for a while but it is the only guaranteed way these days.

          • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
            10·
            2 months ago

            Dude, for that sum you could pay people pirating and servicing it for you 😁

        • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
          166·
          2 months ago

          Must be nice having one or those free computers running on free electricity with free internet.

          • daq@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            I was lucky enough to get a free m1. That thing uses 10w or so when you remove the stupidity and install Linux on it. But even if you have to buy a Pi - it’ll pay for itself in a few months of not paying for streaming service.

            Let’s go crazy and say $. 20/kWh. 10÷1000×8760×.2=$17.5/year. Not free, but pretty damn close.

        • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
          82·
          2 months ago

          Silly argument, as i pay for internet too. Also 5 bucks are not even a fucking coffee. For that i get what i dreamt of when i was selling pirate-cds for hundreds of bucks.