Yo ho yo ho…
Especially with Netflix increasing their prices again here in a couple months…
I’ve been too poor this whole time, so the hat is firmly attached.
I’ve been aware long enough of big gaps in the libraries of streaming services that there was never a reason to give it up.
It took until fucking March of this fucking year for Spotify to have any old De La Soul to stream. Good thing I’ve had a high quality rip of their early discography for fifteen fucking years. Otherwise I would have been shit outta luck on listening to them.
I couldn’t stream a killer album from fucking 1989 in 2022. There continue to be massive gaps in their libraries due to licensing issues and people who just don’t want to get underpaid by Spotify.
At least the De La Soul situation was understandable. Imagine the amount of time it must have taken to track down and relicense every sample.
The fact that visual collage can exist so easily, and yet audio collage is facing an uphill battle, some 40 years later, feels like a big indicator that copyright law in the US still needs a massive overhaul
Me too, but for some damn reason, it seems to cost more per month, overall, than a couple subscriptions.
But I will say, I love my setup…
Also you actually own the files not rent them, which I think is worth the price.
I’ve been too cheap this whole time.
My man
Yo ho fiddle, de dee
Yeah, I used to turn to such activities because it was cheaper, now I do it because it’s simpler/easier.
Little old
Original comic was 2019. What’s the point of adding 2 years?
To make the years mirror better maybe? That’s really all I can think of. 2012->2021 has the flip of the last two numbers
I subscribe to a bunch of services but still pirate all the shows because it’s nicer to have them all in one place
I have nutflex but still ended up downloading ld&R because they would not stop fucking up the episode order or playing no more than one at a time before rotating back to a reshuffled episode menu and i JUST WANTED TO WATCH THE FUCKING SHOW
I have nutflex
You should get that checked out.
Weird flex, but ok.
Why do you subscribe then?
It’s an unpopular take here I would guess, but because they have the money to do it, and it’s the right thing to do.
The unfortunate thing is the actual actors/writers/producers aren’t getting paid because they’re paid per stream that Disney or whatever won’t count because it’s pirated.
They came free with a bunch of other things so I subscribe until they start charging me, and then they’re like “oh no don’t go here’s a free year” and I’m like “okay.” I’d steal it anyway but at least this way it’s a little ethical.
Probably for the convenience of partners/children.
Lots of people who aren’t super deep into computer nerdy shit get outright confused when faced with options they’ve never heard of like “Plex.” Sometimes it’s just more convenient to respect your partner and keep Netflix because it makes sense to them.
Plex doesn’t have easy-to-use parental control options and a lot of parents who might have the time to set up a Plex server for themselves may not have the time to muddle through the parental control options than just accepting that most streaming services have a kid-friendly section already set up and easy to access. Plex’s matching algorithm isn’t perfect, and opening it to your kids means you’ve got to make sure the matching is perfect. I’ve definitely had adult shows be recognized by the matching algorithm as children’s shows. If you don’t catch that, your kid can end up watching something you’d rather them not. It’s just a lot more work to manage your Plex parental controls than just using the off the shelf setup from the streaming services.
Neither of these apply to me, but I know folks who have Plex plus subscribed services for these reasons.
Plex actually has better parental controls than Netflix. You can even limit people to specific libraries so just put all the kid stuff in one and you’re good to go.
Really it’s that having everything in one place is more convenient.
I agree, but better /= easier to use for a lot of folks. For folks like us its a piece of piss, sure, but not everyone sadly.
Plus, like I pointed out, it means you have to be a lot more vigilant about making sure matches are correct. Plex makes mistakes.
Agreed. Sometimes I’ll get a text saying ‘the plex thing wont load’ and it doesn’t really make sense to them when I say ‘yeah, I took my computer today’
‘yeah, I took my computer today’
Kinda a dick move, eh?
I’m sorry I needed it for school?
I did warn anyone who had access that it wasn’t a 24/7 guarantee.
This is why you gotta pay your server admin.
Unacceptable!!!
if you’re talking about UI/UX check out stremio. it’s groundbrakingly good
I don’t even know of the other ones, I am a strictly panel 4 kind of guy.
Some of us never dusted off that ole booty hat, arggggg!!
Where $currentYear?
Ooook.Don’t forget the price increase and drop in quality.
The price increase I can deal with. The drop in quality and getting rid of password sharing (after they actively endorsed it) is why they lost me.
Dopamine addicted rat.
Why do you even need to watch TV all the time, let alone from multiple streaming services? Wtf is that?
To the grand line!!!
We Are!
Are ya ready, kids?!?
aye aye captain!
Oooooooh!
Who lives in pineapple under the sea?
Jeff
Can confirm.
Holy shit, I never thought I’d see Jeff in here.
Wait till Karen hears about this!
Who pirates shows and hate netflix?
