Comment on Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan

Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Would it just be easier to use something like iTunes for movies/shows?

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    • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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

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    • comfydecal@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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

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      • Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I bet you still write checks also

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    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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).

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      • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Kids and spouse can still access everything since they are on my Apple family thing. I hear what you’re saying though.

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• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Jellyfin + Wireguard VPN server says hello

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