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i like how piracy largely died because of how good netflix was, and now when it's back because of hollywood gutting netflix and setting up a million streaming services no one can afford; they realize piracy is back and insist on dealing with piracy by cracking down on the users, instead of, you know, recognizing the reason for why it's back, and offering the solution that actually worked the first time around.
I had a Netflix account for about 10 years. I never used it-- I just let a bunch of my really non-tech savvy friends/family use the account along with my VPN account to bypass region restrictions. Personally, I never stopped torrenting content for myself because I find it to be a far superior way of acquiring/viewing media than streaming.
But now? Now I've cancelled my Netflix account (3+ years ago) and I try to spend more time explaining to non-tech savvy people how to torrent. It's like teaching a person how to fish-- it may be tricky at first but in the end once they get the hang of it, they'll never stop.
Also, I stream movies/TV shows on demand for people via a popular VoIP application (I'm sure you can guess but please don't say it, for obvious reasons) so if a friend wants to watch something, all they have to do is give me a movie/show title and time then I can set up a viewing for them.