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[-] rbb36@lemmy.world 39 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

If you're in the US, go to your local library and ask if they have a "Friends of The Library." It's where most US libraries sell their used media, including DVDs. I have about a thousand DVDs, they cost maybe $2,000, and the money went to the library.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 hour ago
  • Tubi has lots of content with about the same amount of ads as Netflix.
  • Through your library, you have a certain amount of either per month, or first come-first serve content through Hoopla or Kanopy
  • Pirate
[-] Sergio@piefed.social 5 points 17 minutes ago

Tubi has lots of content with about the same amount of ads as Netflix.

Tubi has no ads, if you use uBlock Origin with Firefox.

[-] 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

If you're anywhere, go to this neat website called Pirate Bay, and they have almost every movie ever, completely for free -- no ads, and it's yours as long as you want to keep it.

If you want to be safe, also sign up for a VPN, so your ISP doesn't snoop on you downloading things (looking at you, Comcast). But a decent VPN is like $5-10 per year.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

I'm a stream pirate, since all I've *only ever heard is to never download anything. Isn't there tons of risk with downloading content?

[-] 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world 3 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago)

The risk tends to be hugely overblown.

1: Use a VPN so your ISP can't tattle on you for downloading things.

2: Virus scan stuff you download before opening/running it.

3: Keep good backups (you should be doing this anyway) so you can restore from backup if some kind of virus/malware manages to evade your virus scan.

Do those three things, and the risk of downloading pirated shit will be incredibly low. (And streaming isn't zero-risk, either. The streaming apps or the streaming files themselves could theoretically be compromised, after all.)

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 39 minutes ago* (last edited 38 minutes ago)

proton is free

edit: the free tier doesn't give them much anyway so you can still complain about their CEO

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