Meanwhile I just discovered Jellyfin has Smart Playlist, Home Screen Section, and Collection Sections plugins so I can make my Jellyfin home page exactly like Netflix/my old video store without a price hike. :)
I need to go return some videotapes/DVDs.
not my problem
DAE remember Kim’s Video in NYC? The main store was 4 floors of rentable media in a skinny former tenement building on St. Marks with a yellow/black facade. They had every movie imaginable from all over the world mostly in DVD and VHS formats in nondescript black cases, sorted by nationality and then director. You’d pick a case and bring it to the art students manning the desk, they’d judge your tastes without subtlety then go into the vault in the back and come back with the media. Members only, no more than two rentals at a time, strict late fees. Friends and I were there every day or so rotating out an endless stream of cinema.
It’s kinda silly that I wouldn’t pay a cent for a streaming service but if local video stores came back, I’m go every week.
Can we go back doc?
This is all because I never returned those DVDs in 2006, isn’t it.
“Don’t ask questions, just consume product and get excited for next product.”
Parasites
It will still cost me the same amount 🏴☠️
@tfm May as well raise that Jolly Roger flag.
I don’t mind paying for things, but it was already ridiculous. This is too much even for me.
My piracy continues.
Apropos to absolutely nothing, what countries do y’all use when torrenting with a vpn?
I… Never thought it would matter. Does it? I just use whichever server is fastest or whichever server I happen to be connected to for whatever reason.
And that’s why everyone is sailing again.
Sailing the seven seas?
Yeah, where do you think we are? lol
Local model boating club
Are they though? I see a whole lot of talk in these threads every time and I’m not convinced. Feels like a lot of hot air
I think most people now are too tired with the world, and also tech illiterate, that those on the high seas are dwindling except for the hardcore. Hopefully gen z and alpha change that.
All it’s going to take is a recession, and then it’ll be back with a vengeance. Because guess what’s first on the chopping block when money gets tight?
Still gotta pay for a VPN but its way cheaper.
Until the media companies lobby for vpns to give them all information, and have isps ban vpns for personal use.
Some. But subscriber rates went up when they disabled sharing.
I’m like you and think some definitely bail but not enough for then to care.
I went back to full arr stack and usenet when it became too fragmented and unreasonably priced.
Is there enough good content to make it worthwhile? I haven’t downloaded a movie in months, the latest offerings are so unappealing.
Find better sources. If you’re not seeing something you want in the places you know about, put in more effort. You’re not gonna find shit from a google search.
As for myself, I hopped on Usenet and ditched torrents almost entirely. Far better selection of pretty much everything.
I’m even more lazier than that. Pirate subscription. It’s still a subscription, but I’d argue the 10 dollars a month is worth my time to type an obscure tv show I’ve suddenly remembered into my TV, with one eye open at 2am. I’ve got nothing against a subscription or two, but I certainly am getting sick and tired of like a dozen of them.
That’s my take. I subscribe to the whole “piracy is a convenience issue” mindset. If you’re gonna make me pay for 12 different subscriptions just so I can have access to a few decent shows, I’m cancelling everything and just pirating it. Fucking greedy-ass companies are never happy until they get all the revenue.
I do not get how us3n3t is still operating. Amazing.
Us3n3t is wild for sure. I mean they’ve wrote the textbook on how staying obscure is the ultimate approach to success with most things. And it just functions. Plus the need for a bit of knowledge acts as almost an intelligence test to keep the morons (and the people who can wreck it) out.
The source isn’t the issue, it’s the cquality of the art. I used to download TV shows, haven’t seen anything worth watching besides the odd episode of Abbott Elementary.
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