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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            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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              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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                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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                  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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                    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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              Open browser on phone > play video on streaming site > cast to TV. Not that hard.

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

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                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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                  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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                    Then there’s the VPN, and by the time it’s all set up, it’s costing as much as just paying for add free. Either way- you’re paying someone.

                    I don’t even mod a few ads. It’s got to make money somehow. But the amount is absurd.