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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I don’t use Amazon much anymore anyway, because the products are overwhelmed with cheap, poor quality trash you couldn’t peddle on alibaba and completely worthless, largely faked reviews and ratings. I order once or twice a year some replacement cable or adapter I can’t find anywhere else reasonably quick, but that’s pretty much it, so canceling over this ad bullshit doesn’t really hurt me much.

Next on the list is my Netflix sub, which I largely use just for oldtrek reruns as second screen background noise while I use my computer. I could probably, uh, procure those shows fairly easy, or splurge on a collectors edition and would still save money.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Check your local public libary, a lot of them have DVDs you can check out for free.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Mine also partners with streaming services like hoopla and kanopy so I can stream like 10 movies per month.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

There’s a used media shop down the street and I’m contemplating getting dvd/bluray box sets of my favorites so that I have offline media available.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Go ahead, I did the same and I really don't miss Netflix. I should also mention I have crappy internet, so it's much better/easier to just download good quality vidéo files overnight than sit through a constantly-buffering 240p stream