The real winner of the streaming wars.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Do you use a VPN? I downloaded a random movie a few years ago and got the email from my cable company stating something along the lines of “we recently notice a download of blah blah blah was detected on our network. Please call to re activate your Internet”. So I called and told them “I just got my son a computer I didn’t know you could download movies”

    But laying for a VPN will cost as much as a streaming service and it’s so slow. And I guarantee sooner or later VPNs won’t even work in a few years (meaning your ip could be backtracked to the original computer)

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      2 hours ago

      Speed doesn’t matter too much, if you use a cheap spare computer off Craigslist to download your stuff. Just download what you want to watch ahead of time. Plus, you get near 100% uptime on seeding

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      10 hours ago

      The best, most reputable VPN, Mullvad costs $5 USD. Plenty are cheaper than that if you pay in advance for a few years.

      The cheapest streaming service will roughly double that.

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          I just did a speedtest over wifi and got 530 down / 260 up with 45ms ping. I connected to a server a few states away and also got about the same with the closest server. I do have gigabit fiber though

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            1 hour ago

            I have gig fiber as well but my modem is not rated for it. So I pull, hardlined, around 300mbs down lol.

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          8 hours ago

          When I had Mulkvad my speed test would go from about 335mbit to like 327mbit when connected to a somewhat close server.

          Connected to servers across the ocean it’d be like 310.

          They got a money-back guarantee if you don’t pay with something completely anonymous like cash in the mail.