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The way of the Blockbuster 2: Electric Boogaloo (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

Then floodgates of piracy opened as a means of being with exorbitant prices on music, and then television.

The solution for the industry was to make it more convenient to pay them than it was to steal. Stealing never stopped, it just lessened, because it was more convenient to pay.

Critical mistake, making it difficult for us to get what we want...

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that there are 11 quadrillion streaming services now makes me suspect that there actually cannot be a secret cabal of shady business types running the world. Because they are all far too interested in competing with each other to actually notice that if they stop doing that then they'd be better off.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 year ago

That's why they all try to buy each other

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Difficult is an understatement.

I'm traveling overseas now, and my totally valid Paramount subscription doesn't work in Portugal and I can't watch lower decks anywhere even if I'm willing to double pay for it.

The irony if that I downloaded episodes to watch offline on plane, they're literally inside my phone.

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait till you hear about YouTube premium making it imposible to watch downloaded videos already on your phone unless it can phone home every 3 days. The videos on your phone, you can't wstc it until you get in touch with daddy google, defeating the point of downloading a video for offline viewing.

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[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 76 points 1 year ago

yeah we're running our own plex server now and it's been amazing. too many price hikes and reductions in quality of service. over it

[-] mtpunkty@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 1 year ago

Throw a tv tuner in front of a Plex server and you get magic!

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 year ago

Oh, can you use Plex as a DVR then?

[-] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yup

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you need a plex pass but am unsure, as I already paid the 'lifetime' sub before I added a tuner. I think so since the guides aren't free (for plex) but it's been a few years since I researched it all.

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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ye, this is one thing I did for the folks, so there is always new stuff even when I'm not managing it. They have like 20 shows they are slowly recording.

I got the HDHomeRun Extend, 2 tuners in one unit. Slap an antenna on the wall and boom, extra functionality.

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[-] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 75 points 1 year ago

Obscenely true

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Spot on

[-] Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml 70 points 1 year ago

All of you folks using Plex should check out Jellyfin, it may suit your needs better.

[-] Fred@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

Jellyfin is better for in home streaming, but I find plex easier for sharing external to family/friends.

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[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 64 points 1 year ago

I have been rekindling my patronage to my county's libraries and archive.org.

Sure, these are DVDs, but they can be upscaled and are easily backed up.

I buy a crap load of books like I have a spending problem, but I get them used from bookstores and thriftstores. Libraries will always have something I can't find, with the added glory of browsing serendipity.

Sure, I like to pirate, but there is more treasure at your ports than you think.

[-] Fungah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Oh man. Ai can upscale DVDs.

Like. I can upscale anything. But damn.

[-] sigh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

You wouldn't upscale a car.

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[-] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It has content from almost every country, not just yours.

[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

I feel you misread. I mean what I spelled, county, the collection of cities that define the specific region I live in.

My library card gives me access to many libraries in that county, which yes, has works from people across the globe.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago

[-] Xanvial@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We need more One Piece Live action memes

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[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 year ago

All it took for me to take up sailing full time was the removal of King of the Hill from Netflix. I couldn’t find it anywhere at first, so I did the next logical step. I later found out that it was available on Hulu. Asinine. I feel like Hank would have done the same thing, for the principle of it alone.

Plex is so much better than Netflix, or really any other streaming service, in my opinion. I have all of the content that I want, and supplement the rest with my favorite YouTubers.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

Maybe not Hank, but Dale for sure.

[-] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

RIP Mr.Gribble

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[-] li10@feddit.uk 35 points 1 year ago

I recently looked at buying NBA league pass in the UK, £100 to watch games that aren’t on at a reasonable time and still full of ads…

Now I’ve set up RSS to download the games, and the uploaders even cut the ads and intermissions.

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[-] AnotherOne@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago

[-] Restaldt@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Haha jellyfin go brrrrrrr

[-] cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

🌏👨‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

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[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I understand the sentiment, but Netflix having a monopoly on streaming content wasn't a good situation, either.

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 65 points 1 year ago

The ideal solution is multiple competing services with the same content.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Like music streaming services figured out years ago.

[-] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend considering how the recently expired https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. would have applied to streaming services.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the moment Netflix announced House of Cards, the US government should've hit them with this. Could've prevented this streaming mess.

[-] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 year ago

Does Walmart have a monopoly on kinder chocolate? The idea is to have several distributors each with as complete a catalog as possible. Having such a shattered offers between platforms makes it very noncompetitive against any piracy solution.