Hello guys, I’m curious about this meme, is there some literature where I can find someguides to test this? Thanks.

You wouldn’t pay for 4k Netflix and then download a Chromebook recovery image in order to extract the aarch64 widevine com blobs and then patch in support for 16k pages and then apply miscellaneous glibc compat workarounds and then spoof your useragent, and install a browser extension to unlock HD resolutions, to legally watch media in only 1080p

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Too much effort, sailing the high seas is so much easier

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I can’t believe people even bother with 1080P let alone 4K. Is there unlimtied bandwidth where you all live?

In my part of the world anything above 480p is just asking for a bad time, with no actual improvement on your ability to enjoy the story.

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Gigabit internet with no cap so yes. Also I’m used to 1080p so anything lower feels bad tbh

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Feel you m8, where i live we are stuck for the most part with 10Mbit/s at most, an that’s the high end stuff.

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I listen to 128kbs regularly you might just be an audiophile 😭 not that there’s anything wrong with that

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Oh no, apologies, I didn’t mean to cause emotional damage! I realized way too late that the thread was discussing streaming while I was going off in download for archiving, so I deleted the whole thing. I’m confused how it still ended up on your screen!

Anyhow, i guess it depends on your system, but… you might have a point, I might be picky. It just sounds so obvious to me, but that’s my ears and doesn’t mean anything about your ears. You do you, man 😅

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It depends what you are watching it on I suppose. If you’re streaming content on a phone, then 480p is probably acceptable to most people. But if your connection can support a higher resolution without buffering issues, then why wouldn’t you? Especially if you’re watching something on a TV or large monitor, it’ll look terrible in 480p.

Edit: I’m assuming when I said “why wouldn’t you?” that you have unlimited data. Obviously if you have a data cap then that’s a different story.

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You know there is only so much bandwidth right? I get so tired of city people and there f’d up realityies.

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Don’t know why you think you know where I live. And you seem to have completely missed the disclaimer where I said “Obviously if you have a data cap then that’s a different story.”

And just FYI, for areas with a decent internet network, whether in the city or not, your data use doesn’t impact your neighbors’ bandwidth in any meaningful way, assuming your ISP isn’t massively over-subscribed. I mean all ISPs are oversubscribed to some extent, but then most people aren’t download 24/7, so they typically size the ‘pipe’ to accommodate peak combined usage.

I’m perfectly well aware that if your local ISP’s network is dogshit then this might be more of an issue. That’s why they typically have data caps in those areas to discourage bandwidth usage. If you don’t have a bandwidth cap then it’s really the responsibility of your ISP to provide enough bandwidth for everyone to enjoy. You want to go around ranting at people for watching HD movies, go right ahead, see what happens. Try ranting at your ISP - it might be more effective.

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I agree and I live in Germany and have good internet. Story beats resolution any time

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Most people in developed countries have internet that can support HD resolutions, yes. Mine even does, and our building’s wiring is original to the 50s.

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I’m referring to two bits of copper wire in a sleeve of (probably rubber) insulation, commonly used for landlines back in the day. If you don’t call it that, maybe it’s a regional thing.

Oh, and there’s 8 billion people on this planet. They all live in the “real world”. Your experiences are not somehow more valid because you happen to live on one particular patch of dirt.

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In Canada high speed is over 1 mbps

That speed isn’t universal yet

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Respectfully, I’d consider large parts of Canada to be undeveloped. I’m not trying to throw shade or anything, there’s just a lot of Canada to develop.

The same is true to a lesser degree in the US and most other very large nations.

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Hmm I can’t decide if this is a joke or if I’m just very privileged in the internet department

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Yeah that’s a lot of work. That’s why I just sail the high seas and put stuff on Plex.

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The image is from this Asahi Linux blog post btw

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I would wear this on a T-shirt.

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Dear lord wtf, is there no dark mode?!

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That was a wild ride!

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Turns out I don’t even care about all that content that much.

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Absolutely. My wife flew to her parent place with our toddler and I dont have any idea on what to watch.

All I’m watching is nursery rhymes since they’re catchy as all hell.

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