The Pirate Bay will always be with us.
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2026
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Fraud.
Ironically, the stuff you bought isn’t yours, but the stuff you just took?
Issues of legality aside, Usenet, a NAS and, the Arr stack are a better platform in every way. I'm just glad I'm not shopping for drives these days.
We need consumer rights regulations so badly around digital goods. Absolute bullshit. If they cant host the content any more they must make it available before removal or something.
Or even bettter, be required to give full refunds.
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If you can't afford it, sure. Physical copies still exist though. They can be quite affordable when buying second hand. Regional availability can be a bit of a lottery though so I'll have to admit that I can no longer be arsed.
Thrift stores are great for this. Folks have been getting rid of a lot of Blu-rays in my area. I got a bunch of Disney movies recently for a dollar a piece, movies like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid.
And check your local library. I have all of Star Trek Lower Decks ripped from discs I borrowed from my library. I’m working on X-Files now.
I’m also not at all against downloading movies and shows after I have purchased them digitally. I’m not against piracy in general though.
Will they eventually kill off the encryption keys for your blu-ray discs? I don't know for sure, but I think there was some kind of online handshake required by these players.
I don’t think so but I ripped them to my pc, so it won’t matter anyway.
Bruh. Blu ray enc has been cracked for over a decade
Yeah, but that's only if you want to rip them on a PC isn't it? Your domestic Blu-Ray player will presumably lose its keys eventually and become a brick.
Edit: Googled it, no known 'time bomb' but players can potentially miss out on firmware updates and be unable to play some discs as a result.
Cloud is never yours.
~~digital~~ DRM and not being root on your own devices and in control of the OS and running services.