Because what I want to watch is spread across 17 different streaming services. Of course you can buy digitally... But then there's no guarantee they won't take that back out of your account. Or edit it later on when they decide something is offensive like happened when I bought the office on Vudu.

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be clear, I think they were asking about streaming torrents. Stremio with torrentio addon, for example.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ooooh. Eh. Never know when the nice quality one might go poof.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

RIP rarbg

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Edit: guys, I'm asking a question. Why the downvotes? Also, I'm not talking about PAID streaming.

How you dare to go against Jellyfin in Lemmy, not even Plex stands a chance /s

To answer your question, you actually can use both, as I do.

Plex for more "obscure" content and to enrich my own TV m3u playlist with DizqueTV and Stremio and Kodi with Real Debrid for everything else, if I have a legal streaming service is because it is being borrowed to me lol, I'm more than served with my means.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Because you can control exactly what is on your server. I do the same thing via Plex. I want to watch a movie and it got pulled from the half dozen streaming services I have access to? Fuck it, just download it and add it to my own personal server. Now I have it forever and ever until I decide I’m done watching it.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It works a hell of a lot more reliably than things like fmovies... Streamio can be a little better with real-debrid but then you're still paying...

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

What other people said and also that most stuff is available in higher quality than will be streamed to you if it has been released on BDs

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was watching a show and they dropped the rights in my country (no one picked it up), the only option was to steal it via a torrent or steal via VPN…then they blocked VPNs

[–] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

In my case I use a Emby server and not "free" streaming options because I can choice the quality, subtitles and on which device I want to watch. Or download it on my phone for offline watching.

All under my control without any ads.

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

basically, data hoarder. i'm scared of not being able to watch a certain show in the future, even on illegal sites. so i take control of the files myself at very little cost. i had an old computer laying around, and a 4TB HDD is like 60€