Submitted 1 year ago by Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/3/23901315/netflix-subscription-price-raise-wga-strike
I dust off my wizard hat and robe.
Plex is a great streaming alternative. Cancelling Netflix pays for the upgrade to gigabit Internet. Hard drives are cheaper now than ever. Usenet access remains safe and speedy.
Is that the Jolly Roger coming in to port? Welcome back old friends.
Worth checking out Jellyfin as well
I MUCH prefer Jellyfin to Plex. Jellyfin seems to have active development whereas Plex is more interested in adding in a ton of “features” (aka garbage) that I never ever wanted and continues to leave YEARS old bugs out in the wild. I think it won’t be long until Plex enshittifies itself to death. They clearly have a financial situation that is not aligned with its users.
I tried but the technical gap from Plex to Jellyfin was too intense for me to try and make work at this time of my life. Plex works well for my purposes and I paid for the phone apps when needed ($6 per device I think).
I can’t for the life of me get HW encoding working with Jellyfin. Plex was just plug and play.
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worth checking out until you get to the cry for developers that they posted yesterday. fuck switching my media serving to a dying platform
Plex is cracking down on pirated content. They can’t do anything locally (yet) but they sent out a mass email about two weeks ago saying that anyone that hosts a Plex server in the cloud (they didn’t specifically mention Hetzner, but that’s who is largely being affected) will lose access on October 12th.
That’s because people were creating their own ‘streaming services’ using pirated content and selling access to it using Hetzner servers, which is very bad for all parties involved because it brings a lot of negative attention when actual profits are being generated from distributing pirated material.
People thought hosting copyrighted content on someone’s cloud and making it available to others was a good idea? 🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Plex is cracking down on pirated content.
I’m just as jaded and cynical as the next guy, but I think that this is a mischaracterization of that email. People were hosting Plex servers with thousands of users and terabytes of pirated content on Hetzner and selling access. I don’t read them taking action as a signal for them blocking local libraries in the future.
That’s their entire userbase. Bold call haha
Gotta sell out to get more VC cash somehow /s
Good to know, hopefully this creates a drive to make alternatives a little more user friendly to set up
Yep. Finally got Radarr and Sonarr with overseerr setup this summer because I need a GUI solution for my family. It’s been working pretty great so far!
I have the same but the one thing I can’t get working is accessing overseer from outside the network (ie internet). I’ve read guides of course but at some point they start talking about domains and certificate signing and I start to have a siezure.
Is there any links/guides on how to get into the usenet side of things? I’ve been using torrents forever but people keep saying usenet is safer.
Google/learn about/consider these things
VPN Usenet provider (i.e. EasyNews) Usenet indexers (i.e. NZBgeek) Usenet client (i.e. NZBget) Managing your library (Sonarr, Radar, Prowlarr, Filebot)
Media server & streaming (i.e. Plex, Jellyfin)
I watch through my firestick or android phones
I might be missing something, but there are lots of guides once you figure out what you’re looking for. A little technical know-how makes things go smoother and faster though.
Also, what makes Usenet safer?
Running a VPN makes torrenting just as safe and you’ll be paying a subscription fee for Usenet so it’s a wash in my opinion.
I second this and I’m in the same boat as you
Got any names in particular? I’ve been looking at Usenet for a long long time and I think I’m going to finally get serious about it
Sure, check through this comment thread as a few have already been mentioned.
Stremio + Real Debrid is worth investigating.
the capitalists are unable to understand the huge bug that the “eternal growth” their books mention is not feasible in real world. There are physical upper limits that cannot be overcome. There will not be unlimited people that will always enrol in a new subscription. They need to somehow understand that at some point a company may reach their ceiling. This is not reason to do whatever panic change in order to show growth in the numbers. It will just not happen.
Ah but when the prices can’t go any higher they can always remove content, paying their suppliers less and getting cheaper hardware. I wish I was joking but these are the options that are left.
“Do we really need all these CDNs everywhere?”
“And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds left to conquer.”
– H. Gruber.
The thing is, they do know this. They are perfectly willing to drive a company into the ground on the promise of annual growth, and they’ll dump it the moment it cannot serve them monetarily.
Lies!
It’s mathematically possible to have infinite growth as long as it’s in nominal terms and you have infinite inflation!
When will the greed stop? At what point will these corporations realize that the average American is completely stretched thin financially and will have to cease unnecessary expenses? They’re all just shooting themselves in the foot.
“When will the greed stop?”
Never
As consolidation continues corporations do not need to compete on prices as there are no alternatives. Yes people will pirate but they’ve already lobbied vendors to embrace DRM and governments to make it illegal so that makes it as annoying as possible.
Oh you sweet summer child…
America is founded on greed and power, it’ll never stop.
When enough people cancel. Keep paying, they’ll keep raising the price.
As long as people pay for it and they make massive profits through it.
I mean, look at the last situation in which netflix addressed account sharing. Their user number actually increased because of it from what I have read.
Those people that can’t afford it will most likely switch to a less expensive tier and then probably see ads. I have seen that recently with my father who wasn’t even bothered or annoyed by the constant ads while watching a single episode.
AND KILL THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT ANY MAN CAN BE KING?! might as well just side with those broke natives /s
They’ll stop if everyone sailed the high seas.
Price of WD red HDD’s about to go up too
Storage right now is probably as cheap as its gunna get for a while, good time to stock up
We should all know that Netflix’s method of “throwing money at the wall and hope one of the shows becomes a hit, cancel immediately after a season if it doesn’t work out” is completely unsustainable at this point, as this kind of dehumanizing disposablilty of production is the exact " industry disruptive" approach to expect from a bunch of arrogant Silicon Valley techbros, so this cost increase should not come as a surprise.
Many long running shows have had pretty bad first seasons, “Parks and Rec”, the US version of “The Office”, and “The Simpsons” comes to mind, and these shows would never have even gotten off the ground if Netflix was running them, because as with all industries, it takes a while for people to find their footing and get to know each other to work together effectively.
The real sad part is, the industry that has copied Netflix’s “disruptive” approach are now finding out that the emperor has no clothes and are desperately trying to pass the cost off to anybody else for their own survival, which is why it is more important than ever to fight for the dignities of the people who worked on your favorite shows for your entertainment.
They’re not even slowly raising prices, they are very rapidly raising them. We’ve reinvented cable.
Thanks for reminding me that I haven’t even watched Netflix in a minute I cancelled it. Fuck them.
I’d be mad but I cancelled last time this happened.
Netflix is planning on raising piracy again. 😅
But I can only cancel my subscription once, and I already did, months ago.
Never mind the price, Netflix just doesn’t have stuff I want to watch anymore.
Ah yes, because derivative reality shows and bottom-of-the-barrel adult cartoons are so expensive to produce.
What the hell happened, you used to be good.
Just cancelled, haven't touched NF since I subbed to HBO (and even that is getting cancelled next month). Maybe its time to try Hulu.
Argh matey, I’d rather walk the plank than pay those greedy pigs! Tis the high seas for me landlubbers!!!
Sounds like Netflix is panicking and scrambling. The frequency of their subscription hikes increases and increases. Perhaps they think they can price hike their way out of the dissatisfaction they have delivered to subscribers. Keep trying Netflix, find that magic subscription price point that will surely cover for all the subscribers you’re shedding with your idiocy and will definitely not hasten your arrival to 0% revenue. Burn Netflix burn.
it’s amazing that they think people are going to continue to pay them at least prices for no content
Ahoy mateys…time to set sail on the seven seas.
You know I really should get around to getting a paid tier of proton VPN so that I can have cannons on me ship when I sail the high seas.
Oh no!
Wait, I cancelled a year ago. All good.
They really want us to cancel? My family only barely decided to keep Netflix after they last raised prices, and now they’re doing it again.
Yo ho, yo ho… 🏴☠️
Might finally get me to cancel Netflix, but who am I kidding, I probably have 6+ hours of it playing in the background daily.
The problem I really have is the lack of 4k without buying a ton of extra screens. A single screen 4k plan would fix 99% of my complaints about pricing.
Oh god, I can’t find it now but before the whole crackdown on shared accounts someone tried to argue with me that it was worth it. As cutting account sharing would allow Netflix to keep their current prices to undercut competition. I actually bet them that that would not be the case and Netflix would still hike the prices again. I wish I could find them just to say “I told you”.
Gotta pay those writers without hurting profits somehow.
Already going “hybrid” when it comes to content and Netflix only survived the last round because family members voted “stay”. Not sure about the next time, especially since their little fabricated “crackdown” (as if users were doing anything against the rules …) on sth. that was once not only tolerated, but actively encouraged definitely rubbed me the wrong way.
Don't care, fired them two years ago.
Streamers are currently benefiting from the actors strikes as no new content is being bought and made while they continue to receive subscription payments for old content.
This, and price hiking is simply greed, nothing more.
I wonder what this Netflix live action anime ONE PIECE is all about?
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Definitely don’t go to fmhy.net and definitly don’t join the !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community. Also don’t visit torrentgalaxy.to, 1337x.to or solidtorrents.to. You probably also wouldn’t want to check out rutracker.org or therarbg.com.
rikudou@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Saving your comment to remember what sites to avoid.
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Save offline or bookmark in case it gets deleted.
Also share it when you can in other places so people know what pages to avoid.
Arghh
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I posted another comment with a ton of useful media sources to avoid. You might want to save that comment as well.
wholeofthemoon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Please do not do this. It’s illegal and you could end up getting free movies and tv shows.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’d be a damn shame if you accidently downloaded cloudstream, an android app that allows you to download and watch offline, or just stream nearly any show or movie. I wouldn’t recommend the super stream source, as it almost always has a version available. Also, just in case, maybe don’t download tachiyomi to allow you to read any comics, manga, or graphic novels you want. It also has shitloads of hentai and pulls from almost every website imaginable.
And avoid Anna’s archive, as it has tons of ebooks which might(I’m not a lawyer) actually just be legal?
Remavas@programming.dev 1 year ago
And definitely avoid libgen and scihub, lest you accidentally learn something new without paying the exorbitant fees.
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You the real MVP.
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cloudstream says you need to install sites from repositories in order to stream. What sites or repositories should I avoid at all costs?
SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You absolutely should not subscribe to a VPN before not visiting any of those sites. I can’t recommend www.privateinternetaccess.com or www.expressvpn.com at all, clearly having never used them. They’re also *useless *for circumventing cell network limitations on video quality. Completely useless.
EqMinMax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
please also don’t check about protonVPN.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also, stay away from usenet and definitely don’t use the arr apps to automatically download your favorite shows and movies.
rikudou@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Any guide on how to find the usenet groups? I’d hate to stumble upon them accidentally, so it’s best to be prepared.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Btw, you should also never get a seedbox to torrent anonymously. You also need to stay away from private trackers.
shashi154263@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thanks a lot for telling me which services to avoid. You’re a lifesaver.
MadBigote@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imagine if people set up a Plex/Jellyfin after visiting those sites to have their own streaming service setup. Pure madness!
Archer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
After learning how to do it on lemmy.world/c/selfhosted ! Madness
yoz@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thank you for your service and I will never visit those websites.
firadin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So like what’s the actual deal with pirating content nowadays? I remember in the early 2000s it was don’t seed and don’t torrent just-released content and you won’t get caught. Are the companies more rigorous nowadays? Are they going after people and you really do need a VPN? Can you torrent content at a human-watchable pace (like a show or two a month, maybe a movie or two a week) and no one’s going to notice you?
The_v@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Depends on the country. In the U.S., instead of chasing users themselves, they have leveraged the Internet providers to act as enforcers. If you torrent something they first send you notice of violation from your Internet provider.
If you continue to torrent, they can
cancel your service or the copyright holder can start legal action.
Honestly, I would never torrent anything anymore. There are great webpages that offer streaming for no cost.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just get a VPN and torrent like normal in the 2000s. Nothing has changed. Seeding is not really a big deal anymore because everyone’s internet speeds are so fast.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I personally love QBtorrent and the built in search engine, plus if you look for it there are block lists you can quickly install into it that blocks you from connecting to known IP addresses of copyright enforcers but I’d still recommend a VPN anyways for good measure from your ISP but those are cheap and easy too.
I definitely seed a lot more than I did in the 2000s but I have fiber and unlimited data so that’s an easier ask.
There are supposedly great private torrent sites but I’ve been ok with the ones everyone else uses and haven’t figured out if I need to do different.
locuester@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
They generally ignore it unless you become excessive and then they warn you. But if you do it over a VPN, they can’t do anything. Or do it from a cloud instance from Amazon, or Google, and then download the files locally from there.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Be careful putting that stuff on lemmy. Big studios aren’t afraid to sue
aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
i wouldn’t download a car either, but i would stream it.
rodneylives@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I unironically love that fmhy.net’s site would work well in Gopher.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Definitely don’t set sail on the seven seas