Well. I bought myself an extra 2tb ssd drive and I pirate all the media I want. It’s mine. Forever (or until the drive takes a poop). I use VLC to watch any videos. Free open source video player.
I just hook my PC to my TV via HDMI to watch whatever.
(There are ways to turn off your laptop screen while doing this if you want).
I use bit torrents to pirate.
Piratebay is still out there for torrents.
I get audio books from audiobookbay and I get ebooks from librarygenesis. I get comics from… somewhere. I can check later and get you a link if you want.
I put those on my tablet and read them with some free app. Cbr files.
I used to pay for media. Like a shmuck.
Got tired of paying subscription services where my favorite shows just disappeared randomly.
Or paying for multiple subscriptions that kept increasing in $$ every year.
Nah .
Pirating is the way.
Every now and then I’ll buy an actual DVD for an old movie if I can’t find a torrent for it. Usually used on eBay.
At least I own it.
But yeah. Get you an extra drive. Just get the raw files yourself.
Well. I bought myself an extra 2tb ssd drive and I pirate all the media I want. It’s mine. Forever (or until the drive takes a poop). I use VLC to watch any videos. Free open source video player.
I just hook my PC to my TV via HDMI to watch whatever. (There are ways to turn off your laptop screen while doing this if you want).
I use bit torrents to pirate.
Piratebay is still out there for torrents. I get audio books from audiobookbay and I get ebooks from librarygenesis. I get comics from… somewhere. I can check later and get you a link if you want.
I put those on my tablet and read them with some free app. Cbr files.
I used to pay for media. Like a shmuck.
Got tired of paying subscription services where my favorite shows just disappeared randomly.
Or paying for multiple subscriptions that kept increasing in $$ every year.
Nah .
Pirating is the way.
Every now and then I’ll buy an actual DVD for an old movie if I can’t find a torrent for it. Usually used on eBay.
At least I own it.
But yeah. Get you an extra drive. Just get the raw files yourself.
Soulseek >>>>> piratebay by a wide margin for music.
Only place I’ve found like 90s underground Memphis rap demos and obscure black metal and shit that’s not even on spotify.
I’ve been building my own collection for years. I have around 8k albums.
My friend does the same and is up to 38k albums. I connect to both of our libraries via Plex.
For everything else I use private trackers and torrent. I’ve also built out huge movies, tv, anime libraries with my friends.