I joined the Plex server plan, it's better and works everywhere and I don't get price increases or ads
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All the shows that I like I've been buying DVD or Blu-rays for, and then I rip them and put them on my Plex server. Just so I can watch some anytime, and not potentially damage the discs.
I don't have to worry about geofencing, Don't have to worry about a price change ever, Don't have to deal with commercials, Don't have to think if the shows that I like are going to disappear and maybe show up on a different provider, and generally higher quality audio and video.
Would it just be easier to use something like iTunes for movies/shows?
You'd have to remove the DRM protection to get the same results. But by that point it's no easier than ripping a blu ray, and with ripping you get the added benefit of having a physical copy.
Okay that makes sense. I have around 1,000 movies on iTunes so not sure if I’d have all the space for the dvds and would take a pretty long time to rip
Guess we are all lucky that we have options these days
I find putting a DVD into a DVD player without having to sign in, have credit, a credit card, and have wifi to be the easiest. Usually costs less too
I bet you still write checks also
Remember those few years when stores had a little machine they could feed the check into and it'd fill everything out for you?
I'd say no. Because it's online and attached to your account it can be lost. If for some reason you lose access to your Apple account you lose everything you've bought. And a lot of these online services don't want you to share or transfer your account. So like if you pass away, most of these online services don't allow you to transfer the account to a living relative (per of the TOS) (granted I doubt there's much I could do to actually stop you if you just leave them out of it and just give the account to somebody).
Jellyfin + Wireguard VPN server says hello
Not sure if it'd work on Netflix but my wife were pleasantly surprised to A&E and History apps on our apple tv suddenly forgetting how to do ads after I set up adguard home with a few extra filter lists...I did have to ok a few things the list blocked. But the apps work and seem to be adless, at least for now.
Yeah I regrettably* bought a year's subscription to Peacock and was also pleasantly surprised that my PiHole just blocked all the ads.
*This was when they were offering a year for 20 USD. They had advertised world cup streaming but neglected to mention that all the commentary was in Spanish with no English option. I ended up just streaming a Swiss TV channel because it was at least in a language I can understand.
You could just ditch all those apps and get Stremio with a Real-Debrid subscription. You can stream any content from any provider for ~$3/mo (including Netflix, A&E, History, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video, etc.) As-free, of course.
Basically R-D works by downloading torrents to a dedicated server, so you can stream them instantly using a Netflix-like interface on your TV/tablet/PC/phone (via Stremio). And since they're direct downloads, you don't have to wait for seeds, nor do you need a VPN. It's like having a seedbox except anyone can add any torrent to it (and not just videos, but literally any torrent can be downloaded instantly).
Sorry if this reads like an ad, but I really want more people to know about this. There's a better way than paying for a bunch of streaming services, or waiting hours for people to seed. Or signing up for a private tracker and having to constantly worry about keeping your seeding ratio up.
For anyone who is unclear, this is a pirated content service, for better or worse.
And paying for it with a card with your name on it might be a bad idea...
EDIT: VPN or Usenet might be better and there are also pretty good tools.
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Or just use the torrentio plugin, no real debrid
Yeah but then you need a VPN and lose the ability to steam instantly, defeating the entire point. The Torrentio plugin works best with a Debrid service.
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Do the shareholders care?
Cause they just want to squeeze Netflix while they still can before they jump ship. And at that time, Netflix dying and another streaming services surfacing would be ideal for savvy investors.
My biggest beef is that the ad plans also limit your downloads. I use that feature a ton.
So now I just pirate everything.
We pay for an ad-free tier and our downloads "expired" when we were in the middle of nowhere. They still existed on our device and on the service, we just couldn't play them.
That got my wife annoyed enough that I think I can convince her to just buy DVDs again. $15/month is 1-2 DVDs/month, and that's about what we watch anyway. We won't get Netflix originals, but that's fine with me. If we ever need any of those, we can just binge for a month.
remember when the adfree plan for netflix was 8.99?
They're passing off the price of inflation to the people
Hahahaha
Yup, and that's when I stopped buying DVDs and pirating. But with standard without ads being ~$15 with less selection, guess what I've gone back to doing?