I was a Netflix member since 2005.
I'm not upset with Netflix or anything. Their premier programming like House of Cards is awesome and I still intend to watch future episodes. Their content is vast and their interface is pretty streamlined. And, it's not entirely economics either since I can still afford it.
But Kodi and the Exodus app has shown me the way.
I used to rankle at the thought of piracy but it's so commonplace now and so easy it starts to make you question your intelligence if you aren't doing it.
I mean, it's not really like the old style definition of piracy or stealing you know. File sharing is just that, sharing. As far as I can tell, no streamer yet has asked me for money. So I equate it to going over to a friends house for Netflix and Chill. We watch Netflix on his TV through his account but I don't pay a subscription. Or if I went to a friends house and we watched his DVD or Blu-Ray. I didn't buy it. Or a friend let me use their ROKU or cable or whatever while they're away from home and I'm house-sitting. These are all free usage situations. It's not even as "grey area" as when I was renting from that guy in Lake Mary and he included "free cable" in my rent (even though it was really just a connection to his cable).
Will the app last forever? Will the "law" crackdown on them? Could I be fined, or worse?
I'll worry about all that another day.
For today, I view free.