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by dmix 1157 days ago
Is this a serious question? Why am I not buying DVDs on eBay?

At least ask why I'm not pirating it 24/7 when I already have an Android box connected to my TV w/ Kodi installed with 3rd party pirate extensions which gives me up-to-date lists of every show/movie available on Netflix/Hulu/Disney/etc (including their trending and genre based lists) with each show being a single click backed via 10 different HTTP pirate streaming servers they index...with the alternative of another app which let's me search any torrent movie ever and stream them on demand via my Fibre internet connection.

I use Netflix etc because

a) the recommendation algorithms are better than any 3rd party service like Reelgood hopes to be even with OSS plugins that track my torrents

b) I live with 3 "normal" people in my house who don't care to navigate the imperfect UI of my Kodi streaming/torrent apps no matter how many times I tell them it's better and has everything they need and more for "free"

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I just went under the hood in Plex and changed all the app icons and names to Netflix and my dumb family has no clue still.

Just fool the normal people into a better UX.

Are you using Overseerr too? I wonder how discovery would work in your case, if people believe they are already on Netflix.
Clever but I answer enough tech questions in my day job, don't want to introduce more :)