this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's this compared to? Are there commerical applications that play content locally like that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Its comparing piracy to streaming.

There are also several commercial local media servers. Plex and Emby, to name a few.