• fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    I use sponsorblock, it’s great, but it only applies to that type of streamer content/ad. And it doesn’t have full coverage for that. It doesn’t help if your streaming service has unskippable ads. And Google is inching closer to insert ads into the Youtube video stream dynamically which will make them truly unblockable.

    With Spotify you can’t even mute an ad without it pausing until you unmute.

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      5 days ago

      You’re being punished for bad behaviour. Paying for streaming services leads to unskippable ads. If you just torrented, you wouldn’t have to see ads anymore. In other words, doing the right thing comes with moral desserts in this case.

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        4 days ago

        An alternative for torrenting (if you’re willing to pay) is Stremio+Debrid-Link, which works like a streaming service but without any ads nor geo-locked content. Debrid-link is 3€ per month (if you buy 6 months), which is probably cheaper than paying for a VPN (e.g. Mullvad) for torrenting.

        Stremio has apps for W*ndows, Linux, MacOS, Android, iOS, AndroidTV, SamsungTV, LG TV, Sony TV, Philips TV (even Meta Quest) and also you can use it in a web browser without an app (if any of your devices aren’t supported).

        The only downside is that sometimes movies/shows take some time before they’re available.