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I’ve definitely made a return to dark waters.
Can't say I ever left.
Now there's a show that needs a revival.
I canceled my subscription right after I got that email. I don’t use it enough anyway. I’ll just sail the high seas if a new show that I want to watch ends up there.
That's what happened to me too. I got that email and was like "oh shit, I'm paying $16 for HBO and I can't even get 4k?" Cancelled.
Right? Who'd want to pay 16USD a month for DVD quality video? You'd get more value digging out of the Blu-ray Bargain Bin once a week.
DVDs are 480, but your point stands. It's straight too expensive to not include 4k.
Oh shit I didn't know that last part.
That was an easy cancel.
I didn’t notice Atmos was gone until now. I have an ok Atmos system that works pretty great on the titles that support it. I love Atmos.
I get it free with my Internet service so I’m not cancelling, but I’ll never subscribe.
Hilarious that these subscription companies learned nothing from the cable industry that they’re disrupting
I swear I've seen every single company from Netflix to Disney to Spotify to Youtube to Apple doing the same sort of thing in like the past 3 months. This is GROSS.
I can’t wait for their suprised pikachu faces when they put so much friction into using their products that piracy starts eating into their profits. Us nerds are already fed up, and when that happens piracy alternatives grow. That makes it that much easier for the general public to also sail the high seas. I give it 3 years or so before they’re all shocked and crying to congress about the problem they created
Nah they’ll put out a bunch of news articles talking about how much money pirates are costing them. If they get enough public support or line the right pockets we might also see Congress crack down on this ‘scourge’ that’s probably totally linked to terrorism somehow and “must be dealt with swiftly.”
I’m ok with YouTube. I pay for a large music service and get no YouTube ads.
Every other service has only made things worse. Netflix has done the least by not yet pushing ads.
A lot of these streaming companies are just cable companies who needed to change their business to keep up, but don't want to change their predatory practices
What a weird way to thank someone
I solved it by cancelling and getting a raspberry pi, installing Plex media server, and just pirating the movies and shows I wanna watch
I did the same thing but went with LibreELEC+Kodi. And it even works with the TV remote.
Why’d you choose that over the pi+plex?
I'm using pi+libreelec+kodi.
Why kodi over plex? No special reasons, kodi does everything I need and with the addons support it gives me a lot of options(torrents+streaming).
Have been using kodi since it was called xbmc in the OG xbox modding scene. Never used Plex, so I just went with what I knew.
Ohhhh I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle, so I’ll probably choose that over plex as well. Thanks for the info. I’m looking up libreelec now, but I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution in my last comment.
I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle
Same thing here.
I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution
Yeah I though so. LibreELEC is a Linux distro with just enough OS to run kodi.
Thanks, one last question… What rpi do you recommend?
I'm using a rpi4 model B 4GB.
Works pretty well for my needs. At least until now I don't feel like it's underpowered.
It plays 4K video from my main PC with no problems or stuttering. But I mainly use it for 1080p.
Just curious is a raspberry pi powerful enough for streaming on multiple devices in 4k? Thinking of doing a setup and sharing with my family and friends. I anyway have a pi available
Yes, but only via direct play, it’s not going to be doing any transcoding at all watchable level.
I host anywhere from 1-6 streams at a time on a custom built server… I'd doubt you're going to get what you're asking without a much bigger build. It doesn't take a crazy build for plex but if you ever need transcoding the pi can't do it. My most recent iteration was ~$1300 but the price was mostly storage.
From my understanding pi doesn't have the greatest hardware for streaming so I wouldn't trust it for multiple devices at 4k.
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The en-shittification saga continues. 💩
So glad I built a PLEX server.
Have a look at Jellyfin, if you haven't. I moved from Plex because of restrictions in HW decoding.
I moved over to Jellyfin because to pay for Plex Premium just to be able to stream my own videos was too much.
Do you mean hardware encoding, because that's what's paywalled in Plex.
I personally migrated from a Jellyfin ecosystem to a Plex with Lifetime Pass one when building my current server - while both are highly capable media servers, Plex has, by far, the better clients.
Jellyfin never worked great for me on my older tablet and chromecast. Always struggled with either unsupported codecs or just buffering to hell. My plex server is also on somewhat limited hardware and jellyfin could never transcode fast enough, where plex has no issue.
Same. It's been a much more satisfying investment and has made streaming the content I actually want infinitely easier.
Been managing one since about 2014 and increasing/updating… it's immensely refreshing never dealing with these companies' garbage "updates."
I'm very glad to have been using Plex/Jellyfin for years, since before HBO Max and Disney+ etc were even a thing. It really is a much better experience.
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll increase the price to make up for it.
That's what all the others are doing
Hahaha so true
Time to pick up a DVD player and look around for some movies for sale.
They alerted the deal. Pray that they don't alter it any further
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Way to go to fight against piracy 🤡
Total bullshit
I left when they added all the discovery+ stuff. So much trash/clutter was included with that.
I get mine free through ATT. Got the same email today.
Addition: Guess I shouldn't complain too much since it's free anyway
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My understanding is that it is built into the price of the tier. I wonder if it could be argued that they are in breach of contract since it is included in the agreement when signing up.
