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by ospzfmbbzr 1397 days ago
If you can't wait for the p2p download then you are already lost.

Needing the latest an greatest or not being able to wait a year to watch something means they already have you firmly in their grip.

Just pay the media troll toll if you can't wait.
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scarface74 1397 days ago
Like I really want to deal with torrenting, Plex servers, etc. Been there done that. I travel a lot and don’t want to deal with downloading media ahead of time.

I also stopped pirating music the day iTunes was introduced

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ospzfmbbzr 1396 days ago
How many devices are you allowed to register again?

What if your CC on file expires?

Well I guess you can just ask (beg) if you need assistance accessing 'your' music library

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YurgenJurgensen 1395 days ago
You do know that iTunes just sells MP4s, right? They work in VLC. You can replicate your iTunes library to a NAS trivially and have it Just Work (now, the iTunes client isn't very smart about network drives, so you're better off having a local library that's backed up to said NAS, but that's not the issue at hand).
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scarface74 1395 days ago
iTunes has sold regular non DRM encrypted music since 2008.
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Larrikin 1397 days ago
Haven't a lot of torrent sites gotten in trouble or implemented rules to mitigate against their sites providing content before the official release since they come out so fast and not always from official sources?

I've never heard of issues of having to wait any significant amount of time from an official release on the streaming companies.

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vonseel 1397 days ago
Yea I've never seen a wait period after the official release either. This guy must be confused.

Torrenting is great but TBH I'm not going to waste my time setting up Sonarr/Radarr and maintaining tracker accounts to torrent stuff that I can watch through services I already have access to.

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ospzfmbbzr 1396 days ago
The reference was to new gear and new media both.

New gear usually needs time to marinate before it gets some hacking freedom.

New media is best ignored -- if you are always waiting with baited breath for 'the next new thing (TM)' they already have you and you will pay happily.

I personally ignore all new content and the odd time I want to see what's new there is more than enough waiting for me to download...

I'm not consuming every new song or film as they are released or even within a year of release because that is a waste of your attention and it's controlling you like a dog begging for treats.

The intention of the comment was -- if you just can't wait.. then pay your master. Seems you made your choice.

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