At this point, I can say I've literally waited decades for movies to show up on streaming. I remember Office Space and They Live not being anywhere for years. Those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

[–] gigiocor@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Using VPN for torrents? Laughing in Brazilian

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Technically its illegal in New Zealand (after the great John Key and The Hobbit saga) but the ISPs don't give a shit. Never used a VPN and only got one letter just after the law took effect. Nothing since. So many people here do it it's unenforceable.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

I think it's also technically illegal in Australia but because the rights holders can only come after you for the retail cost of whatever was pirated it's functionally legal. the MPAA would rather sue a kid in the US for hundreds of millions than one in Aus for $14.95.

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

skullxdcc requires no VPN

nor does i2p

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I never use a vpn with torrents. Private trackers in my experience have been enough to be fine. The only times in 20 years of torrenting tons of shit I’ve gotten isp letters were once I downloaded a Pokémon rom from a pubic tracker, which was stupid, and once I had a roommate that downloaded some shitty movie from a public tracker

Alternatively usenet

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

But neither has the speed or selection that regular torrenting with VPN has at the moment.

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Fmovies
1flix

+ uBlock Origin

[–] Barrymore@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Here's a great resource for sites and a rating system with explanations for each site

And if you want to explore more of the site there's other resources for other media, and a guide to help protect you're privacy

Ublock still mandatory on any site there, they don't hold responsibility for the ads those sites allow

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Replace torrenting with usenet, but absolutely yes.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

better value than streaming? yes

better value than free? debatable

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