Tragic to hear. I didn’t even think of RSS as vulnerable to advertising, but of course it is.

Valid, of course. Although,

I’m doing that and I’m not even short of money.

Among all the other reasons, I’m not short of money, but I can still use that money for other things. And honestly, even just throwing the savings down a drain at least means it doesn’t go to these companies.

I know people who have some app, I forget its name, on their smart television which is very accessible. It looks like a regular streaming service dashboard. Torrenting doesn’t have to be difficult and technical - but I wouldn’t have seen this if I didn’t go to that friend’s place.