Due to illnesses I found myself housebound prior to the COVID so found a quasi-legal way to not miss out. File-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay are still here. A catcher program like Deluge and a multi-purpose opener like PeaZip has you covered. VPN is strongly suggested but I've found using ZoneAlarm and FireFox tools and settings accomplishes the same.
And all of those are free. I see everything (Yes, Zach Snider's "Super Friends" really IS better) but don't save nor share them, which assuages my ethics concerns. The only problem I've had is a cable/internet provider charging a huge fee for exceeding their download limits (rhymes with Hay, Tea and Tee). That just made me shop better for providers so all good.
While dubious I've not heard of anyone actually dragged to court over careful personal use of downloads. On the upside I've seen much from PPV channels I couldn't afford otherwise. WWE stuff is up mere hours after air, all the UFC anyone could want, Disney Plus and HBO programs without giving the libs money...I see it like the old pirates' assault on the Crimson Permanent Assurance from Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life", just bloodless.
Thanks, great post. I’ve been using Roku for (it turns out) nine years, I’ve had, hmm, six (including a Roku TV), three of which remain in use, two are in ziplock bags with their remotes etc, one is, uh, mislaid under some pile of ****.
For archiving off most of the streaming sites (YT, Bitchute, many others) I’ve relied on Y2Mate. That’s particularly useful when I see a vid (like Biden’s “SOB, he got fired” admission) that I figure will be banned by the jackbooted fascists at Google/YT.