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> Or because the legal option sucks so bad that you can't use it (hello Amazon prime)

You can literally buy a Fire tablet for $49; or on eBay $20, and be able to use it and the DRM without touching your Linux stack. Complaining about the lack of legal methods is just a lack of exertion.



Even with cheap hardware not all content is available in all regions.

Which results in VPN and breaching the services terms or illegal download.


>Even with cheap hardware not all content is available in all regions. *in a cheap digital format for streaming or download.

You can find most content for purchase in hard media


The problem is that the legal methods for Internet streaming are a bad experience. I don't pirate both because I have the money and because it's illegal. But it would probably be a better experience than digital rentals if I did.


Why would I buy some extra hardware with less screen quality than I already have?




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