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by RawChicken 2554 days ago
People will find a way.. I see in the future one can subscribe to one of these streaming services for just one month, and then use recording software 24/7 to record all the shows and movies they want to watch in the future. Repeat with another service and slowly build your own database.
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That sounds like a lot of work for something you can already do by just watching on free streaming sites or torrents. It’s as illegal as recording and storing the content after your subscription probably.
Something that can also happen is forming clubs where members share their subscriptions with others
John Wheeler once proposed the Single HBO-Password Universe theory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe