Topic: The DVR was a very temporary piece of magic. It couldn’t last.

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 month ago #134,560

Now that streaming services all have blaring and unskippable ads. Funny that the characteristically dumb congressional act against blaring ads only included broadcast TV and can’t seem to get an update.

The DVR let you skip ads. You could watch a football game later for a mere hour time sink. No need to be abused by crass commercials.

Of course you can pay extra for ad free tiers, the same extortive service tier business model that airlines use for what used to be basic service.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #1,432,349

Cable TV offers old fashioned hard drive storage. My remote even has a commercial forward. Often requires a bit of time reset for perfect elimination of commercials.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,419

That's why I used to collect DVDs and box sets. I miss those days. Plus I saved money over paying for cable with the amount I bought / rewatched.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,459

@previous (C)

> That's why I used to collect DVDs and box sets. I miss those days. Plus I saved money over paying for cable with the amount I bought / rewatched.

I have DVDs. You still can get them at Goodwill and record stores.

TheDarkChad joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,474

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blu ray is betar

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 11 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,585

@previous (TheDarkChad)

> blu ray is betar

I get some of those cheap too. I like some of the extras but not director’s commentary.

🧠 <- neuron activation joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,595

Have you people tried the internet before? It’s this cool new thing with hypertext transport protocols and telecommunications internet ports and reverse proxy HTML!

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 27 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,597

@previous (🧠 <- neuron activation)

> Have you people tried the internet before? It’s this cool new thing with hypertext transport protocols and telecommunications internet ports and reverse proxy HTML!

Ha. Funny. I got burned on a couple of download sites.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 31 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,604

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Even with some level of ad blocking those sites have all the AIDS and the AIDS has AIDS.

anon replied with this 1 month ago, 25 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,605

@previous (I)

> Even with some level of ad blocking those sites have all the AIDS and the AIDS has AIDS.

Have no fear as your hand will not give you AIDS. Well maybe if you continue to ram your hand up the guys rectum.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,635

@1,432,604 (I)

> Even with some level of ad blocking those sites have all the AIDS and the AIDS has AIDS.

I was most concerned about the redirects, and whether they’d land me somewhere truly illegal.

Anonymous E replied with this 1 month ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,432,663

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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=anti+link+shortener+extension&ia=web

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