I’m not the person to ask this kind of question to. I use DNS-level tracking protection in my router (via NextDNS), but I’m not a privacy expert.

If you’re living in a country where censorship is a thing and/or privacy is of upmost importance, then you should still use a VPN in addition to a Debrid service with Stremio. Or you can nix the Debrid and just use a VPN if you don’t mind more buffering and all the downsides that come with torrents. (VPNs can be setup to run on a TV through DNS settings either on your router or TV itself, though this may not be 100% secure. Again, I’m not an expert.)

The Trump-branded T1 Phone will apparently be made in America.

If you live in an area where you need a VPN to keep your ISP off your ass, well you’re in luck because the Torrentio plug-in is compatible with Debrid services (Real-Debrid is a good one). They’re cheaper than a VPN (less than €3/mo) and get you direct downloads which ISPs don’t care about since you’re not distributing files like you would with a torrent client. What’s nice is that they work with any torrent—not just video—so you can download wherever you want at 1gbps speeds so long as the torrent has at least one seed. Since you’re not actually interacting with the torrents themselves, there’s no need for a VPN.

Setup is easy. The only thing you need to do is install the Stremio app on your TV, then open it and install the Torrentio plug-in. From there you configure your preferences like preferred resolution, language, etc, enter your Debrid service credentials if you have them; after that you install additional plug-ins for the kind of content you want. I’d recommend starting off with the Streaming Catalogs (lists popular content from Netflix, Amazon, Disney HBO, etc.)and Trakt.tv plug-ins (recommends content based on your viewing habits). There’s also plug-ins for anime if that’s your thing. Once you install the plug-ins you like, the only thing left to do is pick something to watch and enjoy. :)

You can also download the Stremio app to your phone and configure everything from there if you don’t want to fumble with doing all of this with the TV remote. I’d recommend doing it this way so that all you have to do on the TV is fire up the Stremio app and enjoy.

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My point exactly. It’s sad.

I hate video players on news websites so much.

Seriously, why even have them when they never fucking work!? This has been a problem for over a decade and a half now!

Edit: Thankfully I found a YouTube Mirror

While I’m happy that people are taking action in some parts of the county, we need to see more of this happening in red and purple states. I’m not hearing much good news from those places.

I’ll add to #2 (IDK if it’s open source, though):

Give Stremio a try. Once you set it up (basically just add the Torrentio plug-in then whatever content catalogs you want), the workflow is much better and simpler than Plex.

You just browse it like Netflix: see something you want to watch, select it with your remote, then stream it immediately. No server to run, you don’t have to build libraries, you don’t even have download the content beforehand. Just select and watch. Could not be easier.

The majority of these citizens support the genocide.

Do they deserve to die? Of course not. But do I feel bad about them getting a little taste of karma? Of course not.

Dude I totally understand. I normally suck at video games but I’ve played Counter-Strike competitively on 25i before and I swear it turned me into a pro.

All of a sudden I could pinpoint enemies with millimeter precision from the sound of their footsteps alone. It was like having x-ray vision or echolocation, no joke (Shout out to the CS devs for their excellent sound design). My aim was suddenly a lot better too. Headshots were child’s play.

Wish I still had gameplay footage but unfortunately this was several PCs ago. It’s been a long time since I’ve fucked with psychedelics cause they don’t pair nicely with anxiety (only time I was able play video games on the stuff was when I was drunk too). I was never that good at video games ever again.

We’re in a nerdy community; the fuck did you expect?

The PS5 version was actually ported to PC a full year before the official PC release by a bunch of Brazilians. In many ways with was even better than the official release. Only downside is that it didn’t have ray tracing. But if you don’t care about that then it was worth playing.

Of course this has nothing to do with your point, just saying.

To be fair, I wouldn’t pay $1 for no game. If I’m paying money—no matter the amount—I expect to actually get a game.

Psych*

Spotify has no music. I don’t like it.

(Seriously, it’s missing so many songs! But thanks anyway.)

This:

IDK why it’s bad, though. My only complaint is that it can take a long time to boot depending on your system, but I don’t think a SystemD issue.

Windows 11, but only for personal reasons. Mainly because it is the only OS that has proper HDR support. The moment Linux catches up (that includes either Nvidia or a 3rd party implementing RTX HDR support as well), I will stop dial dual-booting and go all in on Arch.

“Stealing” from record industry executives, you mean. Artists make the vast majority of their income from merch, autograph signings, and ticket sales. I couldn’t care less if a billionaire executive misses out on a few hundred bucks from me over my lifetime. And secondly, making a copy isn’t stealing.

Edit: Also why would you think that I give a single shit about YouTube’s TeRmS oF sErViCe? (Why would any non-government citizen?) Fuck Google.

I grew up in the 90s and I have no memory of this haircut. Most people in the late 90s had bleached, spiked hair. If this haircut was a thing where you lived it was probably localized to your town.

https://revanced.app/ is the only official source (along with the GitHub, of course.)