I hate that everything now is a subscription service instead of buying it and do whatever you want.

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    2 years ago

    Other than the recent nonsense, this is why I cancelled Netflix and went back to pirating. Content leaves unexpectedly? Not on my Nas.

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      2 years ago

      Old school pirating or new school? Last time I remember pirates was like… Napster, Limewire, Kazaa… Then went to TPB before it got raided like 8 times… What’s the current? Is it still torrenting with proxies?

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        2 years ago

        Oh, the high seas are very, very busy these days. Still a bit difficult for the non technical user, but there is buried treasure out there.

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        2 years ago

        I just got my automated pirating machine set up!

        Here’s the wiki for the *arr apps!

        • Radarr for movies
        • Sonarr for TV shows
        • Prowlarr for index management
        • Optional Doplarr Discord Bot for requests

        Set up your profiles for Radarr/Sonarr to pick the quality of release you want (1080p, min/max file size, etc)

        Feed Radarr/Sonarr your qbittorrent info, nzbget & Usenet info

        They will automatically search the indexes (I use 1337x for torrents & nzbgeek for Usenet) for the files that fit your parameters, download it, and organize it.

        All you have to do is point Plex at the output folders and BAM, automated pirating.

        I even took it a step further and set up Doplarr - a Discord bot that handles requests. Now friends/family can ping the bot with their movie/show requests and it’ll sync up to Radarr/Sonarr and add their requests!

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      2 years ago

      I’ve taken to de-DRMing any e-books I bought from Amazon for that reason.

      Also, the “You can only view this book on 3 devices” – yeah … fuck off.

      Calibre + DeDRM plugin + KFX plugin. Perfectly legal too, as long as you aren’t distributing them.

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      2 years ago

      Content leaves unexpectedly? Not on my Nas.

      Except when I accidentally rm -rf the media folder but shhhhhhhh

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        2 years ago

        You don’t actually need to be aware of it. Because you said you were aware of it, when you clicked Accept on the EULA, and on page 62 of the EULA it said they have the right to disable your printer remotely at any time and for any reason.

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          In decent nations, an EULA is considered an attempt by the seller to, after the purchase, change the terms of the implicit contract which was the sale, so it’s has no legal standing whatsoever.

          Absolutelly, the seller can set contract terms before the sale is done (and even then there are lots of limitations to avoid things like bait & switch, so it usualy has to be pretty clear and upfront and there are certain rights that a retail buyer simply cannot loose, even contractually), but never after the sale has been done.

          EULAs only have legal standing in a few places, including a few States in the US.

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    2 years ago

    Every time I think printers can’t get any worse, they get worse.

    What’s next? are they going to have to scan your anus to confirm that it’s actually you printing things? I shouldn’t give them ideas.

    By the way, I’m sure there’s a way to get into the firmware of the printer to disconnect it from that centralized service.

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    2 years ago

    My mom’s Amazon Halo that counts steps just shut off because they ended the service. I do not trust anything that requires live service at this point.

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    2 years ago

    nobody should support companies that place restrictions on their hardware for RANSOM

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    2 years ago

    buy laser printers. ink is pretty cheap and as we refill cartridge. i have a hp and and never suffer these subscription shit.

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    2 years ago

    Printer company are one of the biggest legalized scammer we currently have. Out water and some ink they make huge amount of Profit.

    They are the Definition of making Gold out of shit.

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    2 years ago

    Capitalism leads to innovation they say! This is an innovation in a way some may say !

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      2 years ago

      It really does depend on the quantity you print and what you are printing. Some like my self only print a few pages a year. Ink also gives a much better finish when it comes to photo printing.

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    2 years ago

    It’s so cool that we live in a world where you can 3d print a gun more reliably than you can 2d print an insurance card

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    What the fuck is wrong with people? It’s been common knowledge that hp is trash for decades now. The whole idea of capitalism is that the bad products fail when customers go to the competitors who do a better job, but hp is not a monopoly and there are better competitors that exist, but people keep in buying HP because frankly, they are too fucking stupid. Capitalism is a lie because consumers are too stupid to pick the best products.

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    2 years ago

    I just read an article the other day that said LG is about to start charging subscription fees for washing machines 🙄

    I will go old school and start washing my clothes against a rock in the river before I’ll pay a fucking subscription to use my own washing machine

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      That is crazy.

      Like a damn laundromat. So is LG gonna supply water and power too? Wtf are the charging for? The right to buy their product? Lmao. Fuck off.

      Go analog. Real analog. Sticks and stones baby.

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        The article said the subscription was for “software updates” which really seems like something they should provide for free anyway so you’re really just paying for the privilege to use their precious machine that you already paid for lol