This is why I still pirate stuff.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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Broooo two days before the day after tomorrow is fucking golden though.
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Man South Park used to be one of my favourite shows but I considered it dead when it moved to paramount+ my country didn’t even have access to paramount for like a year, now nobody cares
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That recent episode of The Reversal is coming to mind...
Ahoy, Mateys!
There are multiple series I liked on Paramount+ that are missing entire seasons, and not necessarilly the oldest or newest seasons either. Bob Abishola, which I started watching on Paramount+(or was it CBS? this was around the time they merged), suddenly had only the latest season available, right when it turned out I had somehow missed a season.
I hate a lot of Streaming services for various reasons, am constantly wrestling with password resets for my family's Hulu/Disney accouts, but Paramount+ is still the worst by far.
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I think most of those episodes aren't available on Comedy Central's site either (can't access the USA version, it keeps redirecting me to the Brazilian, all of them still seem available)