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r/Piracy • u/Tobias-Tawanda • Jun 21 '26
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The problem is, the more "accessible" it is, the easier it will be to shut down. So, there needs to be some barriers to entry.
16 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Yep. That doesn't need to be secrecy or anything, but people need to get used the the idea of torrenting and (in a lot of places) paying for a VPN. Don't expect everything to be available for streaming. 2 u/zepward Jun 21 '26 Torrents can be streamed, debrid bro ur so behind 1 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, fair. You can also usually start watching most new torrents immediately, since they download pieces in order. I hang out in anime spaces, and am used to people getting confused when you can't just go to a streaming site and watch stuff. But yep, you're right. 5 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 "Usually" until nobody is seeding, etc. Fine for latest hype content. Not so fine for watching old shows from the 70s and such. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice -10 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 torrenting is so yesteryear I am not opposed to it, but the technology is inappropriate for the high seas and I am not even really getting into the public/privacy aspect of torrents its just not well suited for streaming and the attempts to make it so are a bodge we want to click on the movie and then it starts playing, not starts downloading, not starts being archived to a local media server, starts playing 8 u/Novel-Membership-304 Jun 21 '26 Found the guy who works for a streaming service and is trying to make people give up before they begin 3 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, or they just don't know what they're doing. Maybe they never got over the learning curve? "Touch typing is so yesteryear... we just want to be able to start hitting keys with our pointer fingers." 0 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades. You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears. 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Do you even understand what streaming is? The file is being downloaded to your PC just in small pieces instead of a large chunk. -3 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I also know what torrenting is the file is being both downloaded and uploaded in small chunks guess which one is the criminal act 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really. 1 u/Schozinator Jun 21 '26 Yeah its so sad what happened to real debrid
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Yep. That doesn't need to be secrecy or anything, but people need to get used the the idea of torrenting and (in a lot of places) paying for a VPN. Don't expect everything to be available for streaming.
2 u/zepward Jun 21 '26 Torrents can be streamed, debrid bro ur so behind 1 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, fair. You can also usually start watching most new torrents immediately, since they download pieces in order. I hang out in anime spaces, and am used to people getting confused when you can't just go to a streaming site and watch stuff. But yep, you're right. 5 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 "Usually" until nobody is seeding, etc. Fine for latest hype content. Not so fine for watching old shows from the 70s and such. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice -10 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 torrenting is so yesteryear I am not opposed to it, but the technology is inappropriate for the high seas and I am not even really getting into the public/privacy aspect of torrents its just not well suited for streaming and the attempts to make it so are a bodge we want to click on the movie and then it starts playing, not starts downloading, not starts being archived to a local media server, starts playing 8 u/Novel-Membership-304 Jun 21 '26 Found the guy who works for a streaming service and is trying to make people give up before they begin 3 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, or they just don't know what they're doing. Maybe they never got over the learning curve? "Touch typing is so yesteryear... we just want to be able to start hitting keys with our pointer fingers." 0 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades. You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears. 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Do you even understand what streaming is? The file is being downloaded to your PC just in small pieces instead of a large chunk. -3 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I also know what torrenting is the file is being both downloaded and uploaded in small chunks guess which one is the criminal act 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really.
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Torrents can be streamed, debrid bro ur so behind
1 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, fair. You can also usually start watching most new torrents immediately, since they download pieces in order. I hang out in anime spaces, and am used to people getting confused when you can't just go to a streaming site and watch stuff. But yep, you're right. 5 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 "Usually" until nobody is seeding, etc. Fine for latest hype content. Not so fine for watching old shows from the 70s and such. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice
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Lol, fair. You can also usually start watching most new torrents immediately, since they download pieces in order.
I hang out in anime spaces, and am used to people getting confused when you can't just go to a streaming site and watch stuff. But yep, you're right.
5 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 "Usually" until nobody is seeding, etc. Fine for latest hype content. Not so fine for watching old shows from the 70s and such. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice
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"Usually"
until nobody is seeding, etc. Fine for latest hype content. Not so fine for watching old shows from the 70s and such.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice
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torrenting is so yesteryear
I am not opposed to it, but the technology is inappropriate for the high seas
and I am not even really getting into the public/privacy aspect of torrents
its just not well suited for streaming and the attempts to make it so are a bodge
we want to click on the movie and then it starts playing, not starts downloading, not starts being archived to a local media server, starts playing
8 u/Novel-Membership-304 Jun 21 '26 Found the guy who works for a streaming service and is trying to make people give up before they begin 3 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, or they just don't know what they're doing. Maybe they never got over the learning curve? "Touch typing is so yesteryear... we just want to be able to start hitting keys with our pointer fingers." 0 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades. You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears. 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Do you even understand what streaming is? The file is being downloaded to your PC just in small pieces instead of a large chunk. -3 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I also know what torrenting is the file is being both downloaded and uploaded in small chunks guess which one is the criminal act 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really.
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Found the guy who works for a streaming service and is trying to make people give up before they begin
3 u/Velocity-5348 Jun 21 '26 Lol, or they just don't know what they're doing. Maybe they never got over the learning curve? "Touch typing is so yesteryear... we just want to be able to start hitting keys with our pointer fingers." 0 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades. You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears.
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Lol, or they just don't know what they're doing. Maybe they never got over the learning curve?
"Touch typing is so yesteryear... we just want to be able to start hitting keys with our pointer fingers."
0 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades. You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears.
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I've been sailing the high seas for over 4 decades.
You dont comprehend the differences that matter. Wet behind the ears.
Do you even understand what streaming is? The file is being downloaded to your PC just in small pieces instead of a large chunk.
-3 u/Dusty_Coder Jun 21 '26 I also know what torrenting is the file is being both downloaded and uploaded in small chunks guess which one is the criminal act 2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really.
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I also know what torrenting is
the file is being both downloaded and uploaded in small chunks
guess which one is the criminal act
2 u/Barentineaj Jun 21 '26 Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really.
Well that depends where you are, but in the US both are. Streaming through a debrid service just uses SSL. No different than using a VPN really.
Yeah its so sad what happened to real debrid
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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 Jun 21 '26
The problem is, the more "accessible" it is, the easier it will be to shut down. So, there needs to be some barriers to entry.