Hello all,

I’m a huge amateur when it comes to this stuff (I had a guy hold my hand on the phone and walk me through this) but I use Newsgroupdirect and buy blocks when they go on sale.

Is there a better group to do this from (or cheaper). I’m happy here but I saw an article that had some different places listed and it got me thinking.

Which group do you use?

  • Lunch@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    For many of us, paying for these services are more convenient that putting up with the bullshit of services like Netflix and Amazon etc… There are so many streaming sites now that it really isn’t convenient anymore.

    But yes; Just like there are greedy streaming services there are greedy VPN providers. So folks should keep up-to-date on who to choose. (If you ask me, stick with either Mullvad, IVPN or Proton VPN. I’ve done a lot of research and still am on the landscape of VPNs for my master thesis, and it’s a pretty nasty corner of the internt…)

    Piracy isn’t purely about getting things for free, it’s about convince and preserving digital media too.

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      9 months ago

      Piracy isn’t purely about getting things for free, it’s about convince and preserving digital media too.

      I agree with you when when it comes to preservation and sometimes even quality. But when it comes to convince nothing beats Netflix.

      • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        They certainly convinced me to stop using the account I was password sharing off of and dusting off the old hat and peg leg.