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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

How to make more people sail the high seas.

[–] bobbbu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 19 hours ago

Laughs in Jellyfin

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago

I'd plan to download even more torrents of netflix series, but it's not like they've got anything worth watching anyway.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Never been so happy to sail the seven seas! 🏴‍☠️🥰🏴‍☠️ Jellyfin FTW

[–] rebornAnew@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

Yes, I love netslop

[–] saykee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're paying for ads now. They're double whammying users and we're eating it up because everything's just too expensive.

I don't want to live in this society anymore...

[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There will be a subscription based cancellation fee before you leave.

[–] saykee@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Ah, the Adobe method. Gotta love it. This is why I use pre paid cards for my subscription. Can't take money when there's no money on the account!

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So done with Netflix. Streaming just isn't worth it any more; I have better things to do with my time.

Might I recommend a library card? Most libraries have a DVD/BlueRay collection to borrow. And there are books. Maybe the younguns might want to consider reading a few more books? It's good for you. Like eating vegetables for the mind.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 13 hours ago

...This made me realize how lazy I've become around movies. I don't like the effort involved in going to a place to physically borrow an object, then having to remember to repeat that later to return it.

Renting movies was a very normal part of my life in the past. I'm not proud of this laziness. I'm fine with going to movie theaters, so it doesn't make much sense.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (7 children)

What is the point of a paid service with ads? Its just really odd, like who has money for Netflix and whatever shit they are advertising? And everyone will resent these added ads on this platform, so why pay Netflix to make people hate your product.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What is the point of a paid service with ads?

Cable got away with it.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah and where is it now? Oh yeah in obscurity.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Specifically because we could binge watch without ads changing the vibe OR THE VOLUME

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Cable was a shitty service. It was expensive, you had to subscribe to a bunch of shit you didn't want for just a few programs you did, and was full of ads. People dropped cable for streaming because it was cheaper, centralized, and didn't have ads.

Now that cable is essentially dead, streaming is bringing back the high prices and the ads, and now you have to sign up for a bunch of shit you don't want for the few programs you do.

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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I promise I won't bring ads to my jellyfin.

[–] jim3692@discuss.online 1 points 13 hours ago

I can't understand the reason people choose Jellyfin over Stremio. I gave it a try, and it seems a lot of hassle.

Maybe Jellyfin fits people who download their content in advance, while I make spontaneous decisions.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

And I will continue pirating all the series I ever want to watch.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The high seas are callin us boys! 🏴‍☠️

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago

Cool. I plan to continue not using Netflix. Seems like this arrangement is working out great for both of us.

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And I continue adding cool shit to my Jellyfin server ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gotta backslash your backslash there,my Monster!

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Why thank you! My shrug has an arm again lol

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can’t for the life of me understand why people pay for this crap. Netflix used to be a great way to stream a bunch of shows you liked on a lot of different devices easily. It was like five dollars and it was definitely worth it just for the ease of use. It’s just too expensive now with too much crap on it that comes and goes. I have no idea why anybody puts up with it anymore. It’s either the high seas or just buy it on something like Apple TV.

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, I’d like to know why people still pay for it as well. As soon as they brought back ads for paid tiers, I went back into the boat and never looked back. Shame it’s only gotten worse.

[–] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 85 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Clips is a TikTok-like vertical video stream where users can scroll through excerpts from Netflix series, films, and specials, as well as trailers for upcoming titles.

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Disney+ has "Verts". It's fucking ridiculous.

It's wild to watch these companies chase after one another with no thought. Just "TikTok is popular! Can we be TikTok?!?!???"

You have a product. Do that product well. Fuck!

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

CEOs are really herd animals, always looking what the other guy is doing and living in a continuous fear of missing out the next big thing. It sure doesn't help with shareholders breathing down their neck pushing for short term profit and growth.

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Y'all still payin for Netflix?

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[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Time to swap media with your friends on portable hard drives and USB sticks again baby!!!

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

Netflix plan to bring even more ads to even more parts of it's service.....and I plan to continue not being a customer.

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[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wish I could cancel my subscription, alas I have none.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When that happens I'll be gone. I'm already at the end of my rope when pausing to read something on the screen and two seconds later they fill my paused screen with an advertisement. It's starting to seem to me that everything happening in the world today is to deflect from the sneaky invasiveness of company's wanting to sell you their shit.

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[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Hey ! Looks ! This thing it's called jellyfin. It's installed on something that's called Truenas. It's doing the same thing as netflix.

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's just misinformation. I put some shows onto a Jellyfin instance and not a single one has disappeared. Not even an email about something being dropped soon. So that's a core part of the Netflix experience you're just not getting with Jellyfin.

Heck, it doesn't even randomly force me to watch in 1080p or 720p despite being on the 4K plan and the show/movie being available in 4K. It's like Jellyfin isn't even trying.

[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The last drop in the bucket for me was when Jellyfin didn't show any ads.

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[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 25 points 2 days ago
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