Digitally Entertained with Zero Money
18 hours ago
- The author's main computer died and financial struggles led to using older, cheaper tech for entertainment.
- For gaming, they play old free/cheap games on a dying laptop and modded a gifted 3DS XL with NDS and 3DS games.
- Music is obtained for free via Bandcamp, YouTube downloads, torrents, and borrowing old vinyl from a sister.
- Movies and shows are watched using DVDs, a PS4, and torrenting, including re-watching classics like The Lord of the Rings.
- Books are painful due to high costs in Brazil; they rely on ebooks from Z-Library/Anna's Archive and a Boox Palma device.
- The author advocates for POMO (Pleasure Of Missing Out) over FOMO, using old tech, torrents, and free resources.
- They recommend using public libraries if available, and donating to services like Archive.org when possible.