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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Then floodgates of piracy opened as a means of being with exorbitant prices on music, and then television.

The solution for the industry was to make it more convenient to pay them than it was to steal. Stealing never stopped, it just lessened, because it was more convenient to pay.

Critical mistake, making it difficult for us to get what we want...

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The fact that there are 11 quadrillion streaming services now makes me suspect that there actually cannot be a secret cabal of shady business types running the world. Because they are all far too interested in competing with each other to actually notice that if they stop doing that then they'd be better off.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 22 points 10 months ago

That's why they all try to buy each other

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

Difficult is an understatement.

I'm traveling overseas now, and my totally valid Paramount subscription doesn't work in Portugal and I can't watch lower decks anywhere even if I'm willing to double pay for it.

The irony if that I downloaded episodes to watch offline on plane, they're literally inside my phone.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait till you hear about YouTube premium making it imposible to watch downloaded videos already on your phone unless it can phone home every 3 days. The videos on your phone, you can't wstc it until you get in touch with daddy google, defeating the point of downloading a video for offline viewing.

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[–] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 69 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago
[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 64 points 10 months ago (2 children)

yeah we're running our own plex server now and it's been amazing. too many price hikes and reductions in quality of service. over it

[–] mtpunkty@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Throw a tv tuner in front of a Plex server and you get magic!

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh, can you use Plex as a DVR then?

[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think you need a plex pass but am unsure, as I already paid the 'lifetime' sub before I added a tuner. I think so since the guides aren't free (for plex) but it's been a few years since I researched it all.

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[–] Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml 64 points 10 months ago (16 children)

All of you folks using Plex should check out Jellyfin, it may suit your needs better.

[–] Fred@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Jellyfin is better for in home streaming, but I find plex easier for sharing external to family/friends.

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[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have been rekindling my patronage to my county's libraries and archive.org.

Sure, these are DVDs, but they can be upscaled and are easily backed up.

I buy a crap load of books like I have a spending problem, but I get them used from bookstores and thriftstores. Libraries will always have something I can't find, with the added glory of browsing serendipity.

Sure, I like to pirate, but there is more treasure at your ports than you think.

[–] Fungah@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh man. Ai can upscale DVDs.

Like. I can upscale anything. But damn.

[–] sigh@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You wouldn't upscale a car.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 3 points 10 months ago

Hah. What the hell would upscaling a sedan even get me. My car car play CDs!!

... I think I am good.

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[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 4 points 10 months ago

I know. It is not great. I ended up using FFMPEG to upscale to 4k using lanzcos filter.

Not the crispest, but vastly more watchable.

I will try AI upscaling when I can.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It has content from almost every country, not just yours.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 10 points 10 months ago

I feel you misread. I mean what I spelled, county, the collection of cities that define the specific region I live in.

My library card gives me access to many libraries in that county, which yes, has works from people across the globe.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 53 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Xanvial@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We need more One Piece Live action memes

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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

All it took for me to take up sailing full time was the removal of King of the Hill from Netflix. I couldn’t find it anywhere at first, so I did the next logical step. I later found out that it was available on Hulu. Asinine. I feel like Hank would have done the same thing, for the principle of it alone.

Plex is so much better than Netflix, or really any other streaming service, in my opinion. I have all of the content that I want, and supplement the rest with my favorite YouTubers.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Maybe not Hank, but Dale for sure.

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] li10@feddit.uk 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I recently looked at buying NBA league pass in the UK, £100 to watch games that aren’t on at a reasonable time and still full of ads…

Now I’ve set up RSS to download the games, and the uploaders even cut the ads and intermissions.

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[–] AnotherOne@feddit.de 21 points 10 months ago
[–] Restaldt@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Haha jellyfin go brrrrrrr

[–] cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (4 children)

🌏👨‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

And a bottle of rum!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I understand the sentiment, but Netflix having a monopoly on streaming content wasn't a good situation, either.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 61 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The ideal solution is multiple competing services with the same content.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

Like music streaming services figured out years ago.

[–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend considering how the recently expired https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. would have applied to streaming services.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Yeah, the moment Netflix announced House of Cards, the US government should've hit them with this. Could've prevented this streaming mess.

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does Walmart have a monopoly on kinder chocolate? The idea is to have several distributors each with as complete a catalog as possible. Having such a shattered offers between platforms makes it very noncompetitive against any piracy solution.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This right here dammit.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 10 months ago

There is a difference between 1, 4 and 30 streaming services...

[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

The usurper delivered us from the evil that was cable or nothing.

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the enemy. The cycle must repeat

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yarrrrrrrrrr

[–] koko@ani.social 7 points 10 months ago

i have never paid for any streaming services and will never tbh

Rather support directly than through this anti-consumer bs

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

For around two years now I'm using Kodi with Seren and Real-Debrid on my Smart TV and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

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