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		_abox on Sept 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website Except pay TV still comes with ads. Even Amazon prime plays stupid ads. Paid DVDs come with unskippable crap. Pay to remove ads never really worked.

grishka on Oct 1, 2020 [–]

It's funny how you get ads when you pay for movies and TV shows, but you don't if you obtain them for free.

JetSpiegel on Oct 4, 2020 | [–]

Not with old school piracy (just getting a video file), but on pirate streams, you do get ads (for porn).

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