We’ve really come full circle back to ad-supported cable
It won’t be long before most movies are released to theaters first, and then streaming months later.
I’m actually fine with this. I know it’s not everyone’s experience, but, for me, seeing a movie in a theater beats seeing it on my TV every time. You just can’t match that level of immersion at home.
I mean, you can, it just cost money.
Fuck this guy. I’m not so much concerned about this as I am the way he’s cornholing his writers and actors. As for the price increase of Didn’t-ney Plus, that’s what DVDs are for, right?
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I too like the “nothing a month” plan.
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the “nothing a month” plan
Hell, I’ve probably spent more on my media server than I ever spent on streaming, but the difference is that I own the files
Sadly, it’s nigh impossible to find free sources for anything but English. ☹️
Like, non-hollywood content, or subs/dubs?
Dubs, mostly. Finding kids shows in other languages, for instance.
Correct. I am trying to find stuff for kids to watch and that needs to be dubbed. Basically doesn’t exist in torrent form.
No pirates or just not for this content?
Greedy people like you are why the Writers Guild is on strike. Don’t complain when good content stops getting produced /s
You mother fuckers tried to download a car, didn’t you?!
I downloaded a whole gallion
Yar har fiddle-lee-dee. Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free!
Yo ho ahoy and avast! Being a pirate is really badass!
Yarrr
Oh No…
…anyway.
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rum 🏴☠️
Public trackers are dead tho.
Lol, they’ll be fine. They saw how it worked for Netflix, so they decided to hop on board.
I’ll be looking for an alternative, but every option I can think of requires a lot more work, and most people just can’t be bothered.
All this password sharing crackdown is fucking frustrating.
My MIL doesn’t watch a lot of TV. She doesn’t have any cable or streaming services. But she does watch my kids a lot, so we have my Disney, Netflix, and Paramount set up on her TV.
So, what? Get the kids tablets? I know they shouldn’t watch a lot of TV, and my MIL is a saint and keeps them wicked busy most the day. She needs to plop them down and chill for a minute, especially when their baby cousin is there too.
Are there any specific series your kids are interested in? If there isn’t maybe you can cancel one or two subs, remove the apps on TV and the kids may not even notice, depending on their age. (I am assuming 5-10 based on your comment) D+ has Marvel and Star Wars but what does Paramount have appealing to kids? Maybe you can get Nickolodeon (apparently part of Paramount) from satellite.
More and more people will move back to torrenting and using their own media library manager like jellyfin
for the second time this year.
Yeah, that’s what I was wondering - didn’t they just do this? I cancelled my renewal when they raised it the first time and it doesn’t close out until November. It was $80 a year when I first signed up - it’s now more than double that!
For me, the content is not very compelling / worth $168 a year. Especially when it’s evident that they’re focusing more on cinema releases now than streaming shows. No love lost here.
These companies are still in the mode where they’re pushing out mediocre content and trying to make their money back on nostalgia and merchandising and “background-content”. They’re in competition with each other to get - and maintain - as much /consumer/ attention as possible. I don’t want to speak for everyone else but I think, as /audiences/, we just really want compelling stories that are well written and well acted. As consumers, we should all open our eyes a bit to what we’re actually paying for and stop blinding re-subbing to stuff that’s not really worth it.
You’re a dumpster fire right now, Hollywood. Get your shit together.
You’re a dumpster fire right now, Hollywood. Get your shit together.
A good portion of them are currently picketing in an attempt to do that.
I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly … stupid.”
Don’t much care for that man’s face.
Sure why not ? Most of the people don’t have voice, they just keep paying no matter what! Lol
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They are losing subs already and they decided to raise prices. I don’t know how this makes any sense.
They looked at the success Netflix had with their crackdown and decided they could profit off of it too. Most people won’t go elsewhere, they’ll just pay for it and justify the price increase unfortunately. :/
The second I read the news that Netflix made it work I knew Disney would. That’s free money as far as they would see it.
But unless you’ve kids you’re more likely to drop Disney+. Even the recent Marvel series are meh 😕. I just cancelled mine
They’ll look at it as shedding weight before expanding into new territories.
I guess it’s about profit maximization not subscriber numbers.
Pretty safe to assume, at least in the US, it’s always about profit maximization.
Oh no! Whatever will I do if they raise their prices and crack down on sharing as I sit here with a VPN and a 50TB NAS…
Can’t say it wasn’t a good run and I actually enjoyed the era of streaming where content was easy to get to at a fair price but as is the circle of life, these companies will always inevitably become the greedy monsters they sought to replace.
But how can Bob get a raise if you don’t subscribe?
Sell to 🍎
these companies will always inevitably become the greedy monsters they sought to replace
Netflix is the only service I can think of that fits that bill. The truth is, virtually every other major streaming service popped up already being greedy corporation’s that just wanted a piece of the pie. Divide, conquer, and raise prices was always the plan.
Yeah 96TB and usenet access is my streaming service these days. The system has paid for itself when I consider all the subscription fees we’ve avoided because of it.
I’ve tried to get into Usenet before, but I couldn’t figure it out. Maybe I should try again.
It’s ridiculously simple, the only catch is the cost. But the increased download speeds more than makeup for it in my experience. Just do your research so you get a good client
Any suggestions?
Yeah, I’m subscribed to two already.
That’s my limit and I’m not signing up for another one, especially at that price.
I was once subscribed to four! I am now subscribed to one as the others kept fucking with me with these price raises and password sharing crackdowns.
I think more people just need to draw a line in the sand. These companies’ strategies are akin to slowly inching up the temperature of the water until you’re sitting in boiling water without realizing it.
It’s unfortunate that the average consumer seems to be about as aware as the lobster.
I share your pain buddy !
As this becomes more common, will we see an increase of quality available on certain waters?
Cheaper to buy a hat and eyepatch than it is to pay for all these streaming services…
Quality won’t increase relative to official methods because it’s already more or less at parity with them. If the file you watch is tagged as a WEB-DL, in most cases it’s identical to the file you’d be streaming via official methods in terms of quality. It’s just remuxed into an open container format like .mkv (the video and audio streams are losslessly copied into a file format which can be shared)
Pirate rips of streaming content is already 100% quality. The files are literally the audio and video data repackaged into mkv files with no re-encoding. 4K Dolby Vision rips with atmos audio tracks are now common.
The only way the pirate copies will get better is if the streaming services start offering higher quality streams.
I’m getting excellent quality. Usenet is the way.
It’s like fight club, and we follow the rules
Evidently not lol
Ze cat, she is out of ze bag.
I’m buying a dvd player, fuck these greedy pieces of shit
Physical media: this is the way
I’m buying a DVD burner
Buy a NAS and let’s sail to Tortuga Bay
“how about a trip to the outer rings Zegema Beach, huh?”
“Want to know more?”
