I’m about ready to do the same.
Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase.
Weslee@lemmy.world 8 months agoI cancelled Netflix and prime and went back to piracy a few months ago, it’s been a nice blast from the past
Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Weslee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I bought a raspberry pi, a SATA SSD and usb adaptor, and installed Plex now I’m the new netflix for my family, they send me movies and shows they want to watch and I put them on there, then they connect to my server and watch
It’s been really good
b3an@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Netflix will also be raising prices soon. Again.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Netflix recently stopped shipping discs, that was all I kept them around for anymore…
MTLion3@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m just always spooked by viruses and shit.
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
You can’t get a virus from a video or music file. Viruses have to be executable.
Weslee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Use yts.mx, if you use any other site, try checking comments first if they have them, if not you can use torrent file viewer to check the download is actually a video file before downloading
Lastly you could try anti virus, but don’t rely on it to do your job for you, they can catch most but not always all viruses
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
In addition to piracy, I’ve also been checking out DVDs from my local library. It’s kinda fun.
Surprised myself because I half expected I’d miss the convenience of Netflix, but I haven’t missed it even a little.
“Was I a good streaming platform?”
“No.”
Peaty@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The benefit of the library DVD is it takes away the “What will we watch tonight?” conversation. You’re going to watch the DVD.
AliasWyvernspur@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It just switches the question to the library: “What will we borrow tonight?”
RheingoldRiver@kbin.social 8 months ago
We used to rent movies every weekend when I was a kid, and we supported our local video rental store instead of Blockbuster. It was so much fun to decide what to rent! The staff there always knew so much about movies too, and we'd follow their recs often. We watched a bunch of classics and silent films that there's no way would get visibility on streaming libraries today. I wish I'd kept a journal of all the movies we watched, I remember almost no titles now.
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 8 months ago
lol I remember those days. Standing there trying to decide what movie to rent. Good times…
Peaty@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yes but you have that discussion somewhere else. By the time your ready to be watching something you have made that choice
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Checking one out is fun, too. It feels like an event vs. just watching anything out of boredom
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Shows are harder to come by though
Peaty@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That depends on your library
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
You can also buy used DVDs. Just got a stack of studio Gibili movies for a fraction of the price they cost when they were new. Still haven’t watched all of them, but some I have watched more than once.
epyon22@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It was nice when you could actually watch almost everything on it. Once everyone else started taking peices of the pie it just feels like cable with more hoops now
DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Every time I open a streaming service now, the things I want to watch are locked into an extra subscription. I generally end up just walking away rather than watching anything, and when I do dig around and find some thing else that is available on “my tier,” it absolutely wasn’t worth it.
Forget even piracy, I’m just not watching anything anymore. When streaming makes my chore list look more attractive, they’ve definitely fucked up.
freeman@lemmy.pub 8 months ago
The only reason I keep Netflix is kids.
We don’t really watch it otherwise.
Even my in-laws are now pirates using hacked amazon fire sticks that are being hawked around their retirement community.
My mother in law is like “I get every streaming service and channel for 1 dollar a day, isn’t that great”.
I’m all “if it’s simple and works for you yeah, absolutely. “
proudblond@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We’re about to cancel Netflix despite my kids’ protests and start rotating. My husband just wanted to watch the new Castlevania and then we’re cutting and running — for a while at least. It’ll end up on the rotation again at some point.
If streaming services ever make us sign up for more than a month at a time, we’ll be hard-pressed to keep doing it the “right” way.
yeather@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
This is a great time to teach your kids Internet piracy and internet safety at the same time! Don’t click the pictures of the nice lady and you get to watch your show lol
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
I have a mini PC running Linux that connects to my TV via hdmi so we can watch anything!
freeman@lemmy.pub 8 months ago
I have a mini-pc running a plex vm. And all the TVs are Rokus. So can watch anything, including live broadcast tv. And the roku is so simple kids can operate it, and do.
electrogamerman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would change that to:
“Was I a good streaming platform?”
“Yes, during your first year. Then all companies went greedy monkey savage and ruined it”
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
The thing that sucks is that a lot of new stuff isn’t on physical media at all.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
I’m surprised what is, though. One of the movies I checked out was Knives Out.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It can be: Step #1: download it (🏴☠️) Step #2: burn it Step #3: enjoy owning a more lasting copy for almost free
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Well, yeah, but we were talking about going to the library.