Haha, I actually have that as well… I have been using Emby for about 8 years now and a NAS with 34tb worth of content. I do not like those streaming add ons for kodi so I won’t use that and I never setup any tv tuner either. It’s the only reason we still pay for some since she likes the local news and sports.
My wife was the hardest battle since we are probably on the older side of people who use this site. I got her to drop cable, and in return, we got hulu live back when it was $40 a month. Within 3 years, it’s now $85, and without the add-ons and I said it has to go. Sat down and figured out everything she would watch, and although slightly more annoying to change channels, we just purchased subscriptions directly to the 3 channels she wanted and have the apps. So $85 is now like $20. I have to save money everywhere I can, cable is so pointless these days when everything offers easy cheap ways to watch just about anything.
I thought this already existed for the right? Also, it’s ad free. I only heard about it a few weeks ago. The site seems decent enough except that the content is all awful and only dedicated to the right sided people…
Name is odysee in case they want to look.
I use a combo of Roku and Firesticks through the house. Since I have a raspberry pi with pihole on it all the ads and telemetry is blocked, or at least majority of it is.
I did this as well. Been buying Samsung since 2006 and finally said let’s get a high end one around 2017… it was incredible, for like 4 months, then it started having some issues with lines appearing on and off. It was so quick at first I didn’t think to take action (also in denial). By the time it was bad it was like a year later and the warranty was over. I haven’t needed a tv in years since I’m living with it, but the next one will no longer be a samsung.
Nobody is saying the TV won’t work just because updates stop. Although I really haven’t seen an LED or LCD look to good after 10 years, either.
Awful, guess that’s what happens when you fail to create another show with as much attention to get subscribers to profit from. Adding new content because the company demands it is the worst content to be created.
I’m only commenting on the Steam refund part. That’s crazy to me, of all places to return games. The most relaxed has been Steam and never had any issues with them. Even if waiting a month, they normally only care how long you played it, which I think is supposed to be less than 2 hours. For comparison, I tried returning a PS5 game and was immediately denied because they claim as soon as the game is launched once they will not accept it back, which is awful.
That sucks they denied you. It really sounds like they should have let you return it.
I feel your pain for the declutter… I as well have about 3 cables plugged into a super charger and I love the charge times it provides, I hate the cables. I really wish they made a cable that rolled back up like those ID badge lanyards you attach to your belt. Only take the cable you need and once done it rolls back up into a small space.
As someone who works in telecom building phone tree menus, I agree. I have never said this is needed. I’m sure there are some companies with a million departments where narrowing it down with this would be quicker, but I’ve never dealt with one where 5 options and maybe a few subtrees didn’t get the job done. Takes under a minute to navigate. I believe the customer enjoys this more as well.
I was about to comment this. And to anyone saying they are taking that away we all know how bad they are at removing legacy options so I’m sure this will be here until at least windows 14.
I honestly thought this was a bad joke or sarcasm. The fact that it’s not is absolutely nuts.
I’m done with Hulu… thankfully, I convinced my wife to finally say no to live tv. I switched the plan last month, and it’s gone as 8/8. I’ve been with them for about 4 years now, and it was $40 a month then, and that was with extras like unlimited tvs and no ads. Now it’s $85, and that’s cutting the TV streams and adding ads back.
When it renews, I am getting just Hulu for the year, which is $5 bucks less than 1 month now. The only thing that she watches live anymore is news, some sports, and the occasional event like Olympics. NBC (or peacock?) is like $7 a month and should cover most of it. Sorry Hulu, you got too greedy.
Did the exact same thing with Helldivers 2.
Pretty meh month, but it’s ok. Can’t win them all. Also, my kid is in love with FNAF, so it will be a nice surprise for him.
From the article:
“Subscription models have been gaining popularity among business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) tech companies because they offer a more reliable, recurring revenue source than hardware sales.”
I buy a $50 mouse once every 3-5 years on average. Please tell me how whatever plan your offering makes my current situation worse. I can’t wait to see price!
I will never do this, but let’s just say I did, the only price I can see myself paying is $1 a month. At 3 years we’re at $36 and apparently I have to buy replacement parts so to keep it anywhere close to what I spend now it needs to be $1 and somehow I doubt that’s going to be the price.
The bigger shocker to me is that the platform still exists at all… didn’t the largest advertisers pull out? I thought it was hemeraging money. I keep waiting for them to pull the plug on it, or at least sell it at a huge discounted price.
And you probably paid less to not have that happen as well!
I think Pac Man is the oldest, but only by a year.