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rm_dash_r_star ,
@rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee avatar

All I can say is Netflix at 12.99 was a tough sell. That was the rate hike that made me drop them. 15.49 forget it.

When Netflix was the ticket and my sub was 8.99 some years ago, I didn’t pirate anything because I didn’t need to. I’d have to pay a hundred a month due to the fracturing and inflation of streaming services now, and I still wouldn’t get everything. I didn’t wanna pirate, but the industry backed me into a corner.

davehtaylor ,

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That extra money will go to the writers and actors right?

AfterAll ,

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MalReynolds ,
@MalReynolds@slrpnk.net avatar

Enshittification 101. Usenet is cheaper, torrent indexers can be free. Remember, “Information wants to be free”, also remember the 5th of November…

cyberpiggy ,

Plexshares are soon going to be the only thing people will need as less money and value without bs politics and taking customers for granted and as fools…

dan , (edited )
@dan@upvote.au avatar

If you use a “public” Plex share (one that you find online and pay a monthly fee for), Plex will eventually find you and suspend your account.

A safer approach with Plex is to get a cheap server (assuming you can direct play on most client systems), get an unlimited Dropbox team account for storage, use rclone to mount Dropbox on the server, and auto-download via Usenet using Radarr, Sonarr and Lidarr. Split the cost across a bunch of friends.

Or just use Weyd or Syncler plus a Real Debrid account. Real Debrid caches torrents so they’re instantly available to stream at full speed over an encrypted (TLS) connection.

cyberpiggy ,

real debrid might be a good option

viq ,
@viq@hackerspace.pl avatar

@dan @cyberpiggy is Plex really that much better than say Jellyfin?

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I’m not sure if either one is definitively better; they both have their pros and cons. Plex is probably the most popular at the moment, so colloquially the term “plex shares” is the most common term used for systems where you pay someone to share their media collection with you.

cyberpiggy ,

Getting to the point where they aren’t worth the money, it is one increase away from being a dead loss of a service

ampcold ,

Well, there is also this news variety.com/…/netflix-subscribers-up-q2-earnings-… showing that apparently many people just pay up to keep their access.

PerogiBoi ,
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

ONE DEFINITELY SHOULDNT LOOK INTO RADARR OR SONARR OR QBITTORRENT WITH THAT NICE SEARCH BAR THAT SEARCHES MULTIPLE TORRENT SITES.

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    TheButtonJustSpins ,

    FYI, Proton free tier doesn’t support P2P traffic.

    Parsnip8904 ,
    @Parsnip8904@beehaw.org avatar

    Also there definitely isn’t a VPN called cryptostorm that offers a nice free tier.

    dan , (edited )
    @dan@upvote.au avatar

    Ideally you should only use a VPN that supports port forwarding to download torrents, like AirVPN. Your IP is still hidden, but you can also seed the torrents. Don’t be a leecher! Sharing is caring.

    PerogiBoi ,
    @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

    1.0 ratio leggoooooo

    altz3r0 ,
    @altz3r0@beehaw.org avatar

    No one should ever know about the torrentio addon for Stremio!

    PerogiBoi ,
    @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

    When I downloaded streamio it couldn’t find that add-on

    altz3r0 ,
    @altz3r0@beehaw.org avatar

    That’s because it is not tied to stremio, otherwise it would be illegal, you have to search for it :P

    lowleveldata ,

    How about I do it anyway

    briongloid ,
    @briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

    The next step is for the ad-tier to go to $7.99, $8.99, $9.99

    The strategy was always to make the ad-free options more valuable by comparison.

    In no more than 36 months, the ad-tier will cost the $9.99 it was intended to replace, making Netflix having successfully added ads to the base tier, for no discount.

    nixnoodle ,

    An alternative to self-hosting and piracy, if there’s something you really want to watch, just buy a month, then immediately cancel the subscription to whatever service has that show, after all the episodes has aired. I usually spend between $30-$50 in total on streaming services in a year this way, and as a principle, I call it “buying a month” as opposed to “subscribing.” Right now I’m waiting for Secret Wars to finish on Disney+. Will probably watch the last few MCU movies and some other stuff during the same month so that’s probably up to 10 shows/movies for $whatever-a-month-goes-for these days. Might do a month of Netflix later in the autumn, as I have a few things I want to watch there now that didn’t quite justify buying on their own. And no, I very rarely rewatch anything, so I don’t really worry about loosing access to them in the future.

    nyander ,

    Until they patch this loophole by forcing yearly subscriptions.

    nixnoodle ,

    Then I would definitely dig out my old eye-patch and captains hat again 🏴‍☠️

    Juno ,

    Yarrrrr!

    k_rol ,

    No doubt this is coming in the near future

    HobbitFoot ,

    A lot of other services usually offer a yearly discount, and I can see Netflix offering that. However, I don’t see Netflix choosing to get rid of the monthly market entirely.

    dan ,
    @dan@upvote.au avatar

    They could just make the monthly price so high that people will always get the yearly plan. For example, make the yearly plan cost the same amount as three months on the monthly plan.

    HobbitFoot ,

    They could, but it appears that stream switching is becoming a way that people are consuming streaming media. It becomes a business decision as to whether to go for that market segment or not.

    cyberpiggy ,

    If that happens…mass exodus don’t think they are that stupid! The service, the company are on a cliff edge…it would be equivalent of slitting their throat and bleeding out fast!

    Titan ,

    We wanted to axe one of our two streaming services next month. This makes the choice pretty easy. The netflix catalogue sucks balls anyway

    cmnybo ,

    Oh well, there’s not much worth watching on netflix anyways. I hardly ever use the free account that came with my cell phone plan.

    IncidentalIncidence ,

    SSDs are very cheap these days

    klisurovi4 ,

    HDDs are even cheaper and you really don’t need an SSD for movies. You can get a 4tb HDD for less than 50 bucks and that will hold more than enough movies/shows for the majority of people.

    bjoern_tantau , (edited )
    @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

    You can get a 4tb HDD for less than 50 bucks

    [citation needed]

    Couldn’t find them (or some that are close), at least not in the EU.

    Edit: But I’d be happy to see US examples as well.

    thatgirlwasfire ,
    @thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    The cheapest Sata HDD i can find in the US thats 4TB is $60. So maybe if they go on sale they could be less than $50. But OP was probably just exaggerating.

    www.amazon.com/dp/B06XK45S8B?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCo…

    flak ,

    You can get refurbed drives for under $50.

    New ones that aren’t white label (which, nothing wrong with that) for 4 TB are about $100.

    tokyorock ,

    WD Red 4TB drives are only around $70 new, and they’re built for constant use in NAS devices.

    flak ,

    Those would be the SMR drives, if you don’t want that you’re looking at about $84.

    tokyorock ,

    I see, I got a WD Red Plus for myself for around that price, and it looks like that’s CMR. The base WD Red is SMR, though.

    flak ,

    Yep! The Plus/Pro line is the good shit. The base models of WD drives are not great now, especially if you’re going to set up a RAID array of some sort.

    klisurovi4 ,

    I admit my mistake, I just quickly looked up the cheapest HDDs on google and saw some for 40 USD but it looks like they aren’t for sale anymore or something. Still, a WD Red goes for 70 bucks, which is half the price of a SSD of that size while also being more than good enough for movies.

    aard ,
    @aard@kyu.de avatar

    If you look at price per TB 4TB drives are a bad choice.

    ArcticFox ,
    @ArcticFox@lemmy.ca avatar

    I love Netflix. I’d happily pay them $20 per month for a single account. The problem is their content. It’s not original anymore. Shows with real story and depth have been replaced with reality tv and typical Hollywood formula. Sad seeing the slow decline of the platform that started out so great.

    alucard ,

    The offender for me is that they don’t commit to most show’s development.

    PerogiBoi ,
    @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

    They go by peoples perceived attention spans. On average most people don’t get invested more than 2-3 seasons per show and they keep needing to make more money each year so this is a more efficient strategy.

    reric88 ,
    @reric88@beehaw.org avatar

    To be fair, I’m on the fence about this reason. I really don’t like for a good show to get ruined after a long run. I hate for a good show to end, but I like it to end while I enjoy it. I’m usually okay with a series only running a few seasons. However, if the quality stays up, yes, please make more!

    TheButtonJustSpins ,

    It’s fine to only have a few seasons, but tell the writers that in advance so they can complete the series.

    Also, cancelling after one season is shitty.

    pbjamm ,
    @pbjamm@beehaw.org avatar

    3 Seasons is plenty of time to create a very complete and compelling story. The problem is when they dont allow for the completion of the story but instead cancel the show for $reasons.

    I watched and loved the german series DARK and was quite excited for the new show 1899 from the same creators. Unfortunately it was dumped after only 1 season so I never even watched it. I dont want to get invested in something that I know will never be completed.

    ObiGynKenobi ,

    The issue isn’t the number of seasons, it’s the abrupt cancellation of unresolved stories. 3 seasons is plenty. 2 seasons is fine. Hell, Chernobyl is one of the greatest pieces of media ever produced and that’s a mini-series. Just commit to giving the creators a chance to resolve their story. If that means a truncated final season, so be it. It builds consumer trust, and it increases the value of the back catalog. When I subscribe to a streaming service, a show that was cancelled on a cliffhanger offers me literally zero value. I’m not interested in starting a show that I know will never provide a satisfying conclusion.

    reric88 ,
    @reric88@beehaw.org avatar

    IS IT CAKE?!

    mateomaui ,

    Literally all you need is a networked raspberry pi with a content hard drive, and Kodi installed anywhere. Don’t look back.

    WimpyWoodchuck ,

    And where does the content come from?

    mateomaui ,

    Yeah I see you harping about having to download your own material, but that is the reality of self hosting, acquiring content. And the joy of not having an algorithm recommending things. It’s not for everyone. If someone’s not capable of such things, that’s fine, then this convo isn’t for them and they should just keep using netflix.

    WimpyWoodchuck ,

    But that’s the point I’m making. It’s absolutely fine that it’s not as simple as using a ready-made service. And we shouldn’t behave like it is, because that’s just not true.

    mateomaui ,

    Nobody said it was. My reply was specifically to the OP, who said their plan was “ramping up my selfhosted setup.” They’ve already got experience and are on the path, so my comment was appropriate in that sense. Try to read things in context. Nobody suggested everyone’s grandparents should jump on the bandwagon here.

    WimpyWoodchuck ,

    What? You said exactly that:

    Literally all you need is a networked raspberry pi with a content hard drive, and Kodi installed anywhere. Don’t look back.

    That’s simply not true, and it’s a bad narrative.

    rho50 ,

    Sonarr and Radarr with Ombi for requests if desired. Transmission + OpenVPN for the download side.

    Or you could manually rip DVDs/Blu Rays if you can still get ahold of them for the stuff you want to watch.

    WimpyWoodchuck ,

    So you literally need much more than a networked raspberry pi with a content hard drive, and Kodi installed anywhere.

    mateomaui ,

    yes, captain obvious, you literally need to acquire content for self hosting. otherwise what I mentioned is all you need to self host said media. the modern version of a dvd collection. whoa.

    middlemuddle ,

    I’m a big fan of Overseerr versus Ombi. Overseerr has a better user interface and seems more approachable to my less technically inclined family members.

    EddoWagt ,

    I have an Odroid C4 with Jellyfin, but some content just won’t play. Does Kodi work better?

    mateomaui ,

    I haven’t had anything that kodi wouldn’t play, but I also don’t have a ton of different file types. For music and movies it hasn’t failed me yet. You just need to be able to give it a network address to the content folder on a NAS or pi, and it usually scans everything for me. Kodi connects to it from a Fire Tablet, FireTV Stick and the pc app.

    bandario ,
    @bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    On any other hardware platform I’d tell you that Jellyfin is the best of the best. With that board, it might be worth trying Kodi.

    I dunno, I’ve always found Kodi pretty janky but it seems pretty good at playing back content on lower spec hardware.

    mateomaui ,

    There were definitely a few versions of releases 19.x that had buffering issues with larger 4K videos where it would just stop playback, but the latest ones for versions 20.x seem stable for me. Only issue I can think of is sometimes the touch interface on a tablet gets confused and won’t let me scroll up or down, but restarting the app clears it. No issues for me with the pc app interface using mouse pointer and scrollwheel, or the remote controlled interface on a FireTV.

    mateomaui , (edited )

    (accidentally deleted first reply)

    There were definitely a few versions of releases 19.x that had buffering issues with larger 4K videos where it would just stop playback, but the latest ones for versions 20.x seem stable for me. Only issue I can think of is sometimes the touch interface on a tablet gets confused and won’t let me scroll up or down, but restarting the app clears it. No issues for me with the pc app interface using mouse pointer and scrollwheel, or the remote controlled interface on a FireTV.

    edit: after reading about jellyfin, the main drawback I can see to using that is you have to install specific server-side software for it (unless I misunderstood) while Kodi is self-contained on the client side and just reads any accessible folder locally or on the network. (Not bashing jellyfin as I’ve never installed or used it, just noting that difference.)

    reric88 ,
    @reric88@beehaw.org avatar

    Can you elaborate for on this for simpletons like me? I’ve looked at raspberry Pi’s before but have no idea what I’m looking at or for because of the options.

    mateomaui , (edited )

    If you don’t know anything about this stuff and don’t want to get into setting up linux software, you’re better off just getting a simple self-enclosed NAS drive like a WD MyCloud (just an example, I don’t know all the options out there now) that you connect to your LAN and then connect to it with Kodi or another player. With that you just login to it from a web browser to create your content folders, then map it as a drive in windows explorer and copy data to it over the network like any other drive. Then Kodi etc can be provided the network address for that drive and content folder. (And have a separate USB drive to make a content backup in case the NAS dies one day.)

    Otherwise I use a raspberry pi 4, as it’s fast enough to be an emulator box with retroarch (etc), and a torrent seedbox for acquiring content with deluge installed (behind a VPN), and a pi-hole for blocking ads network-wide, and has 4 usb ports for content drives. For just hosting media you’d only have to make changes to the config for it to automount the usb drives every startup, and then the pi just acts like a NAS with several drives. The software for vpn, torrents and emulators (all included or free via git) can be a bit complicated to setup but once you have it correct, you can make a backup image of the microSD card that the os is on if you have to restore it later. I personally didn’t know what I was doing on linux when I first set it all up years ago, but got everything working properly just copy and pasting from guides on stackexchange etc.

    Again, if all that makes your head hurt, just use a self-contained NAS drive for content.

    edit: should probably add that I personally haven’t installed a vpn on the pi for torrenting, as I have a router with vpn built-in, and set the firewall rules so the pi can only access the internet through that (because it’s faster.) There’s a few ways to handle it.

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