Why expose yourself to legal risk by torrenting media (which involves uploading which is distributing) when you can find sites that stream it for you? Just go to Yandex and look up "blah stream" and you'll find tons of sites streaming whatever you want.

I do this because I've tried to watch movies with online friends but every major streaming service I tried won't let me share my screen and stream. They all break somehow. I'm not sure if it's intentional or what, but it doesn't matter.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because streams can be janky and slow. Before I started torrenting, I would try to stream everything. It was hard to find good streams, and even when I thought I had found one, I'd still have shows pause and start stuttering during a critical moment in the story.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's true, but it's also free.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Torrents are free, too.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Not without risking your ISP cutting your Internet off. You need a VPN to mitigate that risk.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think random Russian streaming sites are far more risky but for different reasons

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 22 hours ago

You won't get your Internet cut off because some copyright holder sends your ISP a complaint.