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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago

If this is true, then somebody is already hurting.

Apparently price hikes did not hurt netflix though, so presumably peasants are cutting other merchants.

A small W but good to see that people denying these parasites profit.

If only more people would be more willing to sail the high seas to deny them all of the profit.

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[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I gave up on streaming entirely a few years ago, and now just collect physical media of various formats from Ebay, Yahoo Auctions, Amazon, thrift stores, antique stores, garage sales, and estate sales, etc.

[-] dkc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

For me, the main issue is the quality of content.

I have access to several streaming services, although all of them I pay for as part of some bundle where the streaming service isn’t my main motivator for subscribing. Netflix is bundled with my cell phone plan, Prime I use for delivery, Apple TV+ which is bundled with Apple One I use for news, music, and HomeKit secure video, and lastly HBO Max that I get with my cable subscription. I also ended up with one year of Hulu for free, but I forget where that came from.

I’d have no concern giving all of them up because I pay for a Usenet account. Combined with Radarr and Plex I have access to anything I want to watch.

Despite all this content, scrolling through my activity in Plex I haven’t watched a single movie released in 2024 since May when I watched the Dune: Part Two.

I don’t think people are motivated to subscribe to a service where the subscription doesn’t get you much of anything new. You might as well go to Goodwill and pick up some used DVDs and Blue-rays.

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

You had me at Usenet 😎

[-] bradboimler@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

Usenet for me as well and my 32.7 TB NAS.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Spotify was the only service I had. Lost my job, cut back. Thought I'd be fine with some ads. Not like THAT I wasn't.

Thankfully I downloaded all my music first. Been too lazy to find a FOSS alternative to play it all.

I have Prime (for delivery savings) and still steal the shit they play. If I like it, I keep it. If not, I delete it. Backed up onsite and offsite. Fuck 'em. $100/yr. to Google gets me plenty of storage.

LOL, nothing new to me. I'm in an amazing, high-tech version of 1999. Fuck it. I'm stealing it. Again.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Plex with the plexamp app is pretty good for music playback. Otherwise anything that supports the subsonic API works too.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

Are they including streaming from torrents in their study?

[-] wellbuddyweek@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

I think unintentialy, but yes. They talk about spending. I don't know what you usually pay for your torrents, but I don't think it will change the number much.

[-] doktormerlin@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

From my experience there are two ways to get torrents (aside from piratebay): you either get invited to a hosting site or you pay a big entry fee. There also is stuff like IPTV now which also costs monthly

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I recently renewed a 6-month subscription to The Crew (via Kodi.) For unlimited torrent streaming, the cost is only around $2 US per month.

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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 week ago

we have prime but streaming is not the primary reason although its a nice bonus basically. Mainly because of my wife though. Left to myself I would likely drop it.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Can confirm. Got rid of everything this year except the YouTube Premium family plan. It gives us all the music of Spotify, tons of free movies and TV shows YouTube offers for streaming without ads, and of course all other YouTube videos without ads. You also get to play YouTube videos with your phone off, which is nice if you just want to go to sleep listening to something. And you get to add five different people, so we have me, my wife, my daughter and both mothers-in-law on the same plan. It's been really cost-effective. We're paying a fraction of what we paid before with a similar level of professional content that I actually care about watching (YouTube doesn't make most of the shows and movies they offer, so they tend to be ones they think people already like).

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Anecdotally Netflix is the best. Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, Disney and HBO. Are okay but feel like late 90s cable with a couple of good shows each month. We get these services when there's deal but cancel after it's over.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Not fatigue but service issue.

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