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Streaming platform Disney+ is updating its subscriber agreement and is adding a no-sharing-passwords policy.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It was just a matter of time for everyone to follow suit. Unfortunately, capitalism demands endless growth and thus eventually enshittification of products. They're not happy with just tons of money. They want all the money.

Expect to see adless tiers constantly rising in price every year. This will push users to piracy again as we come full circle to terrible cable fees.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

This will push users to piracy again as we come full circle to terrible cable fees.

Way ahead of you. been pirating for years.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hello pB my old friend, time for us to meet again

[–] xmunk 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Media companies are forgetting the important lesson. People won't pay for shit if it's easier to pirate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Steam is a prime example. I don't want to pirate, because I like the services they provide.
Make that, but for movies. I suppose that's what Netflix was at some point.

[–] xmunk 5 points 11 months ago

At one point Netflix was better than pirating. It had a catalog of nearly everything in existence and I could impulse watch something without any preparation... while with pirating I had to wait for the download to finish and, occasionally, fish around for a decent copy of what I wanted.

Then they cut off VPN use.... Then their catalog got thinner... Then they raised the price.. And then, the line I hated most of all, they became advertising subsidized for some tiers.

There's a reason I'm happy to tell Bezos to go fuck himself.... and that reason is ads of Amazon prime. (I mean, there are lots of other reasons, too).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The thing that keeps Stream good is Valve isn't publicly traded.

[–] xmunk 4 points 11 months ago

Also, Gabe Newell gives a fuck. He wants steam to be the best platform - he isn't hyper focused on profits.

Steam still isn't perfect though... it's just the least awful centralized platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

A petabyte seems a bit excessive. A couple of 8tb drives is plenty enough for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There is a show on Disney plus that I love, but sadly I can’t find it on pB. It’s not even that old, but it was funny as hell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Showrss.info as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Nope, sadly only random episodes are there. Or really Low quality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Play it, record it, keep it for yourself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The show is called β€œBlack-ish”. I can only find low quality or random episodes. Not a complete series.

If you haven’t seen it, please give it a go. It’s wildly well done and really funny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Searching BTDigg for "Black-ish" followed by "S1", "S2", etc leads me to 1080p season packs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks!! I was not aware of that site.

This show is kinda special to me as I don’t live in America anymore and have not been back for a few years. This show really reminds me of American culture.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, a Sonarr/Radarr/Usenet/Plex setup is looking reeeeeeeeeeeeal nice right now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If one wanted to get into Usenet, where would they begin?

(I definitely do not have a Jellyfin server and entirely too much empty storage)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Well if a person wanted to use Usenet to download news and totally nothing else, they would need two things - a Usenet provider and an indexer. Both cost an annual fee, but it’s less than $100.

Newshosting for Usenet access, this gets configured in nzbget or sabnzbd as a news server. Then NZBGeek gets configured in Sonarr and Radarr as an indexer.

Enjoy your glorious news!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I definitely wouldn't recommend astraweb and drunkenslug. They barely have any news.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Remember when ISPs provided Usenet access as standard fare?

My, how times have changed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do people not use a VPN with Usenet at all? I have one for torrents to get my Linux ISOs but I just assumed I should also use one to get my news from Usenet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nope! The reason you need a VPN for torrents is because you’re also sharing the content. That’s how you’re tracked, mainly. Someone downloads a piece of your Linux ISO, they know you’ve got it.

Use SSL with Usenet and your traffic is encrypted. Good to go.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Torrents are better than usenet, change my mind. Especially when downloading older content

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So many old shows and movies with a single seed hosting at 80kb/s.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

With your help, that can change into double seed! πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

How old are we talking about? I've had better luck with Newsgroups. Download the file and it downloads full speed vs torrents.

[–] ratman150 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As another comment has mentioned get yourself an indexer (geek is fine and cheap) setup sabnzb and follow this wiki

Oh you'll also need a provider and I've had good luck with newshosting (not affiliated) but there are cheaper options too.

I hope this helps you in your quest to fill your storage.

PS here's the jellyfin documentation

PPS get a VPN like Mullvad just to be safe.

[–] Ironfist 25 points 11 months ago

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum 🎡

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Welp Netflix went away and now Disney+. It's not even that I'm getting anything from the family members using the account but the principal of it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

I cancelled my annual subscription so past Jan no more Disney+ for me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Extract profit, screw building value

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Yarr harr fiddle dee dee.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Well Netflix did it and had one good quarter so let's try it too.

One of them will need to go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there anything on Disney+ that I can't watch for free on Stremio?

I don't even need an account on Stremeio. No password needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ok, but what kind of tracking and whatnot are they doing?

[–] netchami 3 points 11 months ago

Time to start pirating!