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I'm currently downloading a show that is on a service to which I subscribe (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 year ago by raptir@lemdro.id to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I have a Galaxy Tab S7 and for a trip to Spain I downloaded some stuff to watch on the flight. When I got on the plane none of the stuff downloaded on Disney+ would play. Maybe an issue with downloading to the SD card? I don't know, but regardless Disney offers SD card as a download destination so they should make sure it is working.

So now I'm here pirating a show that should be available to me through a service I pay for. Gabe was right, piracy is a service problem.

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[-] Axxi@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago

It's probably some weird DRM where it needs to authenticate with their server in order to verify you're actually the one with an account. It's silly. The steps they take to try and stop piracy are what in fact drives most people to it.

I started downloading shows from several streaming services I pay for simply because of the number of repeating ads they'll run during a show. A 24 min runtime gets extended to 45 minutes for all the ads, which I was sitting through for months but when they only have two different ads on loop, WTF!? A man can only take so much!

[-] Redredme@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Shut up. You're paying for a service and still get almost 50% ads?

Why? How? Which? And do we in the EU also have this awaiting in our future?

[-] ahto@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

Both Netflix and Disney+ now have "cheap" tiers with ads, at least here in Germany.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

This shit's cable TV all over again. Nobody should pay for either.

[-] Axxi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Presently, Hulu's the worst I've experienced of the paid streaming apps I own. I recently just cancelled Netflix because they announced they were raising their prices yet again and with the recent account sharing crackdown, it was the last straw. My parents used my account far more than I ever did and they're not tech savvy folks. They get frustrated by tech of any kind. Once they couldn't access Netflix easily, I asked and they don't want an account of their own, it's just too much hassle. So screw the greedy shits! Now they get nothing.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I hope you're saying that these streaming services are free. I would never subscribe to something that serves me ads. The one reason I don't have cable TV, actually.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My iPhone advertised News+ to me the other day in the settings menu. It’s no fucking different than my LG TV advertising on their Home Screen. Pissed me right off

[-] raptir@lemdro.id 7 points 1 year ago

Their help page says you can download to watch where you don't have an internet connection. So if there is some DRM BS then that's going directly against what their help page indicates.