For the past ~5 years or so, I’ve had the choice of a polished web UI to pirate any movie or TV show on demand. Up until the past few months, I have still paid for:

Netflix
Amazon Prime
Apple TV+ (as part of Apple One)
Disney+
YouTube Premium

… because their products and recommendation engines were more user-friendly for my family and I. Since the pattern of price gouging in the last 6-12 months, I now subscribe to:

Netflix (cancelling this imminently)
Apple Music (Apple One cancelled)

I hope the shameless cash grabs result in a mass exodus of users and really hurt these platforms.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

I've recently reached the point where I could barely afford some of them... if they were as good as they were a year ago. Seems I'm sticking to the Seven Seas and my downloaded music library.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 11 months ago

You don't even need a VPN if you live in a country that doesn't care

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How do I do that on my TV? Is that a thing? I've got whatever the cheapest "smart" TV was in Walmart maybe three or four years ago with a Roku attached.

Not terribly savvy in these matters.

Thanks

Edit: Looks like I can do it via my router. I'm away for the weekend, so I'll look into this next week. Thanks again for the idea

[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yes Mullvad does have router configuration files. It's only like $5.33/mo. Also your streaming catalog changes based on locations. Like for Netflix, Hulu and etc.