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.

    • Pratai@piefed.caOP
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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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                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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                  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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        Open browser on phone > play video on streaming site > cast to TV. Not that hard.