TheYear2525 ,

I’m saving up for a NAS so I can switch back to Plex after a decade away from the high seas.

davetansley ,
@davetansley@lemmy.world avatar

Isn’t it weird how music streaming has managed to remain a preferable option to the high seas, but video streaming has become so enshittified that it’s easier to not use it?

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Mine is sitting in my closet, I might just pull it back out. Hopefully I don’t need to patch any sails, just switch my spending from a subscription to buying DVDs, and then rip them using Handbrake.

If my combined monthly cost for streaming subscriptions exceeds $30 for Disney+ and Netflix, I’ll seriously consider cancelling one or both.

SavedTheCat ,

Thats also the approach I'm using for the few series I want to watch.

gac11 ,

I had found a Verizon deal for $75 to get a year of STARZ and it gets you a free year of Netflix. So now I have another year of Netflix without much hassle. We were in our way to cancelling as soon as we finished a few shows but no point now.

We’re keeping Disney+ at the moment since it has a pretty nice selection for kids

alex ,

I’ve given up on most subscriptions and replaced them with torrenting + Jellyfin.

kratoz29 ,

Hey, watch out what you say, lemmy.world might block you 👀 /s

I did something similar to you but with Plex, nowadays I’m enjoying my Real Debrid account + Stremio and Kodi, still have my personal collection on Plex.

Anticorp ,

I re-upped my NZB membership for the first time in 15 years a couple of nights ago.

Blaze OP ,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

What is NZB?

naticus ,

Newsgroups binaries, typically on Usenet. Basically there are indexes of binary files posted on newsgroups across a huge distributed network. Typically you would pay an annual membership towards an index to be able to find content. You can run your own index too, but it’ll only cover anything newly posted and it’s worth paying for the historical things of 6+ years ago.

Anticorp ,

Thanks for explaining it to them.

viking ,
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I’ve kicked both to the curb end of July, back to piracy. Fuck 'em with a cactus.

GrumpyFortuneCat ,

I cancelled all of mine and put that money towards the SAG-AFTRA strike by setting up a monthly donation. I’ve honestly haven’t watched the 4 streaming services I’ve been paying for in many months. And when I do, I marathon a show for like 2 days and then forget they exist. Seems like I’m not going to miss out on much.

reddig33 , (edited )

I might pick up Hulu + Disney after the next Star Wars show is half-done. Gonna wait for the reviews. The combined deal makes it not as expensive, and waiting means I can get through the shows in a month.

If Disney had been cheaper, I might have picked it up when the show started.

And if the reviews suck, then I’ll just wait until Andor is back on.

In general I will be waiting longer and switching services more often, keeping each service for shorter periods of time.

rar ,

I haven’t had them in the first place, but were considering a Netflix subscription years ago. Had I purchased a sub, I’d probably kept it until now. On other streaming services… I’d probably have pirated the shows outside Netflix, if I had an urge to watch them.

I’m wary of paying for more than two companies for one single service I seldom use.

SuperSpruce ,

No because I never had them in the first place. But they make me less willing to subscribe.

justsomeguy345 ,

I’m curious how Disney calculates since they keep claiming they’re losing a lot of money on Disney+ even though they barely make any exclusive content for it. The bulk of the content was made for theaters and tv anyway and was simply put in a library to be streamed. That’s like printing money.

lemming007 ,

Cord cutting 2.0 is upon us.

abc , (edited )
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I barely watch movies and TV shows nowadays. Summaries from YouTube and wiki are good enough for me to stay in the loop.

In a way, I’m not just saving costs, but I’m also saving time too.

sLLiK ,

Aside from the ongoing Crunchyroll subscription that my whole family uses, I only ever subscribe to one streaming service at a time. Been that way just based on general principle ever since streaming became a thing. I wait till one or more must-watch shows have finished airing a full season, subscribe for a month, binge watch everything, and unsubscribe.

As soon as the latest season of Bleach is done, I’ll drop them like a hot potato and possibly never return.

pudcollar ,

My one video subscription is to a VPN, Mullvad. I can find most anything in qbittorrent’s built-in file search, and the really weird stuff on rutracker. Jellyfin is like a self-hosted Netflix, it’s way easier to use than Kodi. I splurged on a Synology NAS so I’ve got 800 movies and 50,000 songs. I rip FLAC music from deezer and qobuz trials using deemix and qobuzdl. I import playlists to rip into Qobuz and Deezer using soundiiz, the one audio subscription I paid for. This way I can get flacs for radio playlists, any text playlist, although XSPF format works best.

Blaze OP ,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

VPN, Mullvad.

Those are good people. I am always really impressed by the way the do their business. Allowing people to pay a VPN by cash really is a feat.

hallettj ,
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Well I just discovered how much I enjoy The Diplomat so I think Netflix is safe for now. I have kids so Disney+ is staying. Paramount+ has me locked in for Star Trek (per their evil plan). I got a Hulu trial to watch Futurama - but that feels like at least one subscription too many so Hulu is likely to get the axe.

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