cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1072752
For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.
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I cancelled all my subscriptions and just pay for a seedbox instead.
Only two subscriptions I have now are Spotify and Game Pass…because they are actually worth it.
Even Spotify though continues to Jack their prices with no extra benefit. I’ve hoped for lossless audio from them for so long, but instead they just charge more for a bad UI driven by engagement instead of user experience
Same for me. Had Netflix and Prime.
Cancelled Prime. Student plan ran out and wanted to spend less (on Amazon and buying random stuff.
Cancelled Netflix. Didn’t use it, convinced my mother to let it go (only after saying how much it costs).Renting a seedbox for 15€ per month, Spotify for music and since this month I burried my life long hate for YT premium and now also have that (and wish for a plan without yt music for 3-4€ less).
Reason why I did YT premium was, because I already watched more YT than Netflix anyway. And it’s near daily for about 2-3h. Well worth it (for way too much money).For YouTube premium I just did the whole vpn to turkey and pay for a year upfront which was like £12 for the year
How about you use Revanced?
Cause I use an Apple TV and an iPhone?
Your fault for buying into the anti-consumer Apple ecosystem
Sure and with that trade off I have a rock solid experience with no issues at all.
Sometimes you get tired of android and the jank and want shit that just works so you can get on with your day and just focus on other things.
Apple is a huge mess tbh, you have NOT done tech support for Apple stuff, it’s a pain. Android, otoh, is a breeze. I’ve always found Apple stuff jankier.
What exactly is a seedbox and how much is it?
It’s, in layman’s terms, server space you rent out and can use for your downloads. torrent clients like transmission are usually built in. I pay £5 a month for 2tb space and enough bandwidth to keep a good ratio.
So instead of downloading to my pc, I download torrents to the seedbox (at a blazing fast speed) and then download files from there to my pc whenever I feel like it, again at stupid good speeds.
I have FTP access, so I’ve just added it as a folder/mounted drive on my windows and Linux mint file explorers. Works great. Also have it on my smart TV as a web address for quick streaming of whatever I downloaded.
Edit: this also eliminates the risk of downloading Torrents locally.
It’s basically a web based software that handles the download of torrents for you and then offers a download link for you to get it on your machine
remembering when cable television didn’t have advertisementsMy memories go as far back to when a full commercial block was 60 seconds and only happened once in the middle of a movie and usually around once per hour on regular tv.
I thought this was a facetious comment, but you’re right https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-invaded-by-commercials.html
Good news for Lemmy. Pirate the fuck out of everything and never ever feel any guilt about it comrades.
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24 years of continuous piracy. All I pay for is a seedbox. Paying these scummy corporations nothing each month feels great!
Trusting promises of corporations is like believing that a wild cobra won’t bite you. It’s definitely possible, highly unlikely they will keep the promise.
Also love how they’re all going to make a cheaper plan with ads so they can either double dip or push you towards the more expensive plan. Nothing but making things shittier for the end user, love that innovation.
Disney’s Bob Iger openly said that he would prefer more people use the ad tier because it was more profitable.
Netflix’s ad tier is also more profitable.
