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I mostly use streaming sites instead of BT these days.

Got burned once when my flatmate downloaded family guy and we got "mail" by an attorney of 20th century fox...

But yes, I got Netflix and Amazon Prime too. They simply don't have everything in every language.

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> I mostly use streaming sites instead of BT these days.

Why? You have to get through tons of ads, have to hope they are of decent quality, etc. With BT I download, and in about 5 minutes I have the whole thing in HD.

Netflix and Amazon rarely show ads, normally just a short 30 second recommendation at that.

All streaming in HD in about 5 seconds.

I think he wasn't talking about legal streaming sites as that was kinda the point of my original post.

> All streaming in HD in about 5 seconds.

Yeah, until it's not. I mean sure, 20 seconds of low quality is not the end of the world. But there is no reason it should be that crappy. And they are competing against easy and free, having only "moral high ground" as the competitive advantage. So at the very least, they shouldn't be worse.

Yeah, until it's not. I mean sure, 20 seconds of low quality is not the end of the world.

I literally never have 20 seconds of low quality on Netflix et al. It is sharp HD from the moment that I start streaming (UnityMedia with 200 MBit/s downstream).

200 Mbit down as well and I had 20s one time yesterday with Amazon Prime Video binging Bosch

“A short 30 second recommendation” sounds like an ad to me.

It's also illegal, and this isn't the 90s or early 2000s -- copyright laws are being enforced.

Ah, if only there was a 1:1 correspondence between what is "legal" and what is "ethical/fair"...

Regardless if it's "ethical/fair" or not (and it's really concerning that you're conflating the two words) it's still illegal and you can get hit pretty hard for it. Saying it's ethical doesn't get you out of court or a hefty fine.

Give me an example of something that is ethical but unfair, or fair but unethical

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Solomon is unethical but could be considered fair (with respect to the putative mothers, if not the baby).

A fascinating story!

Feel free to use ethics as your legal defense when you get sued... as for me, I'll stick with a solution that's both ethical and legal.

https://bitport.io/ or a VPN like https://speedify.com/ to get around that

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