• RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    That’s why I used Kodi, a Plex server, and modded youtube. Fuck ads and fuck subscriptions

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      4 months ago

      Plex has started to enshittify as well. I switched to jellyfin because Plex had features behind pay walls and kept going “oops I accidentally changed your settings so you have to look at the plex home screen with ads for our streaming service”.

    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Fuck ads and fuck subscriptions

      How do you imagine developers and content creators to get paid if neither of these two options is acceptable to you?

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        4 months ago

        Honestly mate, I am not a tankie or even politically left in my country, but when looking at the insane results for these enormous companies and the ever increasing greed with ads/price hikes, I’ve just had enough.

        I know it’s not morally right to steal, but I refuse to support companies like Alphabet paying their CEO 200+ million a year. If they manage to block me out when skirting their ads, then I’ll find something else to spend my time on.

        So you’re right, I just don’t care anymore.

        I do pay for Nebula though!

      • didntwemeetin2007@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        My favorite subscription is when I buy a “lifetime license” to a software and then 4 years later they move to SaaS. And now I just pay to beta test the software.

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        4 months ago

        Am a developer, please do not pay for any software subscription if you don’t think it’s worth it.

        Us devs would love to give the best experience, but if the customer is willing to pay for a shit experience, guess which path management makes you take.

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      4 months ago

      I chatted with my uncle recently, and he told me about a movie from 2006. I asked where to watch it, he said you can watch it free on YouTube. Stop by my parents house, we decide to watch movie. It was 1 hour and 30 minutes, Runtime. There was 3 minute ads every 10 minutes. The movie was good, but heavily dampered by ADS. To the point you would start to get invested and zone into the movie. Then BAM ADS, the only other option was to buy the movie for $4 on prime or pay for a hulu subscription.

      I know subscriptions are stupid and i agree, but its just so infuriating! Pay $7.89 for streaming service which may or may not have the thing you want to watch. For it to most likely to be on streaming service B. Or you go buy the DVD assuming you can. Which now you own a movie that may be CRAP.

      You just cant ethically win :/