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cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1072752

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[-] deleted@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

I’ve already made the decision to sail the high seas in 2017 and selfhost my media.

Best decision I’ve ever made.

Sonarr + radarr + jellyfin

[-] somas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@deleted

Does your ISP still provide Usenet access or do you subscribe to a Usenet provider?

Paying $9 a month for Usenet makes me wonder if I shouldn’t just keep paying for Hulu

[-] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? What does isp have to do with Usenet?

[-] somas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

@iHUNTcriminals

@owiseedoubleyou @deleted

Usenet access used to be included by ISPs. It’s been a long time since that was standard. I’m not sure which Usenet providers are worthwhile now.

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

yeah. but i think most of them excluded binaries, even back then.

[-] somas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@rufus

@owiseedoubleyou @deleted @iHUNTcriminals

No, binaries were included. That was the main way binaries were exchanged for a time.

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure around where i live you did not get the alt.binaries groups except if you went to a proper usenet provider and payed. the ISPs didn't want to pay for all of the storage. but this was a long time ago and i wasn't yet interested in stuff like that. maybe i misremember.

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