Everyone in 2027:


Used to have 1 service with damn near everything.
Now there are 30 and none of them have much worth watching.
Right back to “500 channels, and nothing’s on.”
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Host your own service with damn near everything 🏴☠️
Oh… a random bookmark folder in my browser…

Also bookmark Stremio. It can stream torrents if you use the Torrentio addon. And if you pay for a debrid service like alldebrid or realdebrid it can easily stream 4K Blu-ray remux files.
Both Plex and Jellyfin? Why
Different providers? Plex has hosted content and a handful of features that jellyfin doesn’t. Also some people have the lifetime Plex pass. Also also, it may be a hosted Plex/jellyfin server that OP doesn’t operate locally and hosts different content.
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Pay? Lol.
Running your own Jellyfin instance full of items gathered upon the high seas.

Worse than that, since they killed the sharing off now a Netflix account isn’t your account, it’s an account you buy for one “household” location using one internet connection.
If you try to sign in to netflix on hotel tvs it won’t let you, because that isn’t part of your “household.” If you have multiple internet connections in your house you can have that same issue inside your own home, because Netflix will decide the internet connection you use most is your “household” connection and the other one doesn’t count as being in your “household” even if it’s in the next room.
If you travel a lot or have an atypical internet setup in your own house Netflix will deny you access and tell you to buy a subscription for that location.
besides the sharing, netflix cancelling alot of shows after 1,2,3 seasons is enough not to subscribe to it, plus the enormous amounts of time between seasons.
Back in my days, seasons would end for summer and you knew the cliffhanger would be resolved next season in the fall lineup
with a healthy amount of episodes usually around 15-20 for the year, instead of 8 per 2 years, or more, its the streaming penny pinching.
I’m not disagreeing with you, just wanted to mention that this is not necessary their fault. i got super mad when they cancelled a series i was watching more through. turned out that the owner of the show (i think Paramount) just cancelled all contracts to stream it exclusively on their platform.
VPNs have entered the chat.
Row, row, row your boat…
Hey now, back when they cancelled sharing I cancelled my Netflix, and eeeeeveryone else said they were going to as well. Mines still cancelled, apparently others buckled? That’s on them.
Never paying for any subscription 🤴
Subscriptions?
I only pay for prescriptions.My proton account costs less than $80/yr.
That’s less than $7/mo.
Considering a person can easily pay $45/mo for multiple services, I’m already ahead.
You know, once I break even on all of the storage and network equipment I bought for the home lab. Two years . Three, tops. I shouldn’t need to buy any more storage for a long long…
How have I already used 16TB?
I cut the cord when netflix was just mail order CDs. The moment they started their bullshit with password sharing, I canceled my sub and never went back. Hulu got the axe too. If you live long enough, you either die a hero, or become the villain. Nextflix decided to become the villain.
I’m a Luddite
I’m still absolutely unaware of what the “fediverse” is, or how lemmy works
I took two months to figure out how to Chromecast to a TV when something changed and I couldn’t follow basic instructions from Google
And yet, even I am able to easily find sites to watch the shit I want to that requires paying shitty 'Murican companies (mostly I enjoy SBS and ABC stuff, because I live in Australia and they have wonderful offerings for all who live here for free)









