Open it to continue watching a show- 2 minutes of ads. Find the episode, start it- 2 minutes of ads. Forward to the part I left off at, 2 minutes of ads.

Fucking garbage.

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[–] 35 points 3 weeks ago (28 children)

Have you tried sailing the high seas? no ads out there...

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Even pirating media from Paramount isn’t worth it. The bigger the audience their media finds, the greater space it takes up in the cultural mindshare, regardless of whether or not it was paid for.

    The only answer is to treat the media produced by fascists and their enablers as material as toxic as their politics. Nothing of value is here, what is here is dangerous and repulsive to us, it is best left shunned and undisturbed, etc.

    There is no shortage of independent creators making terrific work who are starving for an audience.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (26 children)

    No PC. only access to the internet is through iOS.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

    Are there not torrent clients on iOS?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

    Either way, I’m not watching TV on my phone.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

    So my process on android is torrent direct to phone then cast/UPnP to TV

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  • [+] [S] -14 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    So in order to circumvent ads. I have to add several different apps, learn how they work, and then set it all up?

    Seems equally annoying. Man I fucking hate how things have become.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

    It's minimal effort to learn, I could teach my 6 year old nephew hire to do it in 5 minutes. It means no ads and no monthly subscription.

    But if you prefer to pay for the opertunity to watch ads and give money to a trump supporter then that's your choice

    You clearly wanted to moan rather than be given solutions to your problem, so sorry for trying to help

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  • [+] [S] -8 points 3 weeks ago* (9 children)

    I chose neither. It’s fucking ridiculous to pay someone else money to do the same thing that paying the app would result in the same outcome. It’s a lateral move regardless of what you tell yourselves.

    Either way someone isn’t getting my money.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    I'm not sure what you're talking about with paying someone else.

    You know totrenting is free, right?

    I think the upnp app I use I paid about £2 for about 13 years ago, that's about about one and half pence per month and falling. There's free options available too.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Depends on what country you're in. In America you could face legal consequences for torrenting without a VPN. Which does cost some money but it's still far cheaper than paying for streaming services. Unless you're taking HDD prices into account... I haven't done the math again since those things quadrupled in price.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    You’re entirely missing my point.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Because you're ignoring the alternatives. You moan about how shit paramount plus is, then when people offer alternatives you kick against them.

    I get that it's frustrating how crap the ads are, but there are super simple alternatives to get the content you want without worrying about ads.

    I see the point now, you just want to bitch and moan about the world, and that's valid. So sorry again for offering an alternative.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    The alternatives are just as bad. Don’t get upset because someone doesn’t want to take your advice. You offered it, I appreciate it- but to me it’s a lateral move.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    You're wrong. But you're entitled to be wrong. So have a good day.

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I’m wrong about my own opinion? Well hell! Please, tell me how I’m wrong about other things as well!

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Your opinion that to you it's a lateral move is yours to have. Stating that the alternatives are objectively just as bad is factually incorrect. Unless you want to do a lot of goal post shifting from your original complaint about paramount plus. .

    Option A (your current solution) you download and learn to use an app, you pay money each month and have to watch, by your own account, a lot of ads to get the content you want. Some of your money goes to allies of Trump every month (up to you if that last part is a positive or negative). It's legal, some people say it's immoral.

    Option B (pirating + casting to TV) you download and learn to use two apps, you download the content you want, pay once for an app if you feel like to supper the developers. You're not giving money every month to Trump alies (up to you if that last part is a positive or negative). It's mildly illegal and some people say it's immoral.

    Option C you don't get to watch the content you want. No legal or morality issues but you miss out on stuff you were interested in.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Try a seedbox. You can even use them to stream your downloads. I download torrents all the time on iOS with one

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    I just don’t have it in me to learn all this stuff just to watch TV. It sucks the way it is. But at least I don’t have to try and understand a whole new technology just to get it to work right.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    You can have it standing up within 30 minutes and $15/month. Nothing to learn, it’s all web apps.

    Whatbox.ca. Load plex/jellyfin, a torrent client, and sonarr. Honestly, it’s not hard.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    I can pay less than that and not have ads on the app. This is barely a lateral move.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Because I’m not giving money to someone because they think annoying me is the only way to get it. We don’t reward bad behavior where I’m from.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    To be clear, I’m not suggesting you pay them. I’m suggesting you either live with ads or do something about it.

    The $15/month seedbox gets you anything, not just what’s on Paramount.

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