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The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] rich@feddit.uk 71 points 1 year ago

I cancelled all my subscriptions and just pay for a seedbox instead.

Only two subscriptions I have now are Spotify and Game Pass...because they are actually worth it.

[-] Grieves@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

What exactly is a seedbox and how much is it?

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de -3 points 1 year ago

It's basically a web based software that handles the download of torrents for you and then offers a download link for you to get it on your machine

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

Well, more precisely it's a piece of hardware, and it remotely manages torrenting whatever you want, and then you can securely download it wherever you are using the software part