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The era of cheap streaming is officially over
(www.cnn.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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The normal use case for these apps is you download, then you only have access while you're paying for the service. If you put your plane in airplane mode for Netflix, I believe you have a few days to reconnect or you won't have access to your downloads.
Yeah, they all download files in a proprietary format so you can only watch using their app, it's not just a .mp4 that you can use whenever
Well, that’s obviously a problem. Hasn’t anyone made a program that allows you to download the videos in a more compatible format?
Yes its called Qbittorrent
It’s not a problem, it’s how subscription services work.
If there’s a system for doing something, there’s always a way to make it do things it isn’t supposed to do. I can’t imagine that I’m the first person to think that there must be a way to save those files in a nicer format. Surely someone has already made a program that either saves the files or converts them into mp4 or whatever.
Is there a way to “steal” the content? Yes, that’s how it appears on torrent sites.