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cercatrova ◴[] No.32645175[source]
The solution to this is, of course, piracy. I'm glad people like those on /r/DataHoarder preserve media in their complete forms so I don't have to watch them censored.

A recent example is Community which has an episode of a character dressing as a dark elf, and the joke is that another character assumes it's blackface, even though it's not. Well, networks and streaming services now removed it and unless you have the original discs, you simply can't watch that episode.

Unless, of course, you pirate it, which is how I watched it.

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wodenokoto ◴[] No.32646432[source]
Anyone in China? Do they still have those dvd carts on the streets? Or did they lose out to streaming?

What about torrents and such? Have they been blocked by the firewall or is pirated movies still readily available online?

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est ◴[] No.32647039[source]
No DVD carts, but NAS is somewhat popular. Xunlei or BaiduPan is insanely popular.
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wodenokoto ◴[] No.32659836[source]
I’m assuming NAS is a local server with a hard drive.

What is is Xunlei and BaiduPan?

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1. est ◴[] No.32672405{3}[source]
> What is is Xunlei and BaiduPan?

downloader software and storage service.