Just give them a usb of the show for Christ's sake! Sneaker net that shit. Which show btw?
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2024
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I tried that once. They never watched the show and didn't give back the USB. 🙁
USBs nowadays are a dime a dozen basically for 16GB sticks
They can literally be bought in 10 packs for less than $30.
If they don't give one back nowadays so be it.
Back in the day it was a terrible loss though
Isn’t that too risky though? That can be an evidence when argued in the court
If your coworkers are the level of douche bag that they might take you to court, then probably don't even talk about your favorite show with them
it's on ploob
If you can't proudly say your pirating sure you need to find a new friend group
Well they said "co-worker", I can understand not divulging that in a workplace.
Eh fuck it, what are they going to do, call the FBI on me? Employer certainly doesn't care.
Highly dependent on workplace. Many with govt contracts could feel an obligation to punish this.
My employer is the government
When i try to explain my jellyfin/Arr setup to coworkers that ask "what site do i use to watch shows for free" it just goes right over their head or they stop listening. Even in reductionist terms. If its more work than going to a special website, searching and hitting play, they just aren't interested.
If someone is unaware of piracy: Tell them.
If someone is aware of piracy and doesn't care: "I don't really know, I just got it off of a torrent site."
If someone is aware of piracy and cares too much for a company they don't work for: You can ignore them.
Do you know of any easily shareable beginner's guides?
I love turning friends onto free media, but I don't always want to walk them through it.
Not really beginner friendly because it doesn't teach you much but the site has a nice list of resources that goes even boyond piracy: https://fmhy.net/beginners-guide
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Jellyfin!
I'm the opposite
Them: You should check out this show I've been watching, it's great. Do you have Disn-----
Me: I can get anything online. How do you spell the name of the show? Thanks for the rec. If you need help getting anything you aren't subscribed to let me know.
I just respond with a hearty "yeeearghhhh!" and continue the conversation. The coworkers that know get it, the rest think I'm a lunatic.
I get this almost daily, my whole family and several friends know I'm good at recommending things to them so they always go to me to ask what to watch. I've had to start looking up and writing down where each movie and show is available "normally". I have no issue saying I get everything via other means but whem it became a thing where people started asking "can you also look up where it's available" just because it's not always easy to figure that out and they knew I didn't know and generally find it quicker than them.
It's more difficult in Europe. For example, when South Park: Post Covid released on Paramount+ in the US, there was no legal way to steam it in Germany or Austria AFAIR. And these are not exactly third-world countries.
Sounds like a business model to me. if i didn't pirate everything i'd sign up anyway