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This is why I'm sailing the high seas again.
Because the underlying conditions are the same as last time.
Went to check out the "Mr and Mrs Smith" series on Prime (with Donald Glover), and was notified that there would be ads now unless I upgraded. I almost never watch anything on Prime, but figured "why not, I already have it"... and then immediately closed it when I saw that message. Switched back over to Stremio, cause why the fuck would I watch ads when I already pay for the service? Gotta convince the wife to cancel Prime, but it's next on the chopping block. Only ones left will be youtube music (family still uses it) and Debrid (which will stay for as long as it's good). Netflix, Hulu, Disney, ESPN, HBO... all of them gone
Because they HAVE to increase their share values year after year; just making billions isn't good enough, they have to make more billions compared to the last year.
It's truly pure greed, as streaming was amazing when it first started, and Netflix was making a killing even back then. But now, nope, fuck you all, we want more and more until we can't squeeze anything more out from you.
It's why I've increased my kodi/real debrid usage over the past few years
I've tried to argue a company that made $800k profit this year even tho they made $900k last year is still a profitable business and people unironically argue that company is dying and bad...
Big number = good Smaller number = bad
It works for them when dealing with shareholders
I'm amazed that they have any customers paying to listen to ads. I wont stand for it and I find it surprising others would.
In one year Amazon made it impossible to listen to albums on Prime Music, and shoved ads into everything on Prime Video.
Easy cancel for me. I can go without your next day shipping.
Better still I can buy from someone else.
Qobuz
The alternative is either:
I agree it's unacceptable for me, but I also get why so many people just put up with it.
Do these services not offer a more expensive ad-free plan?
I'm sure they do, but I issue is they already were / should have been making a profit on the existing, bottom tier ad free plan. Now it's just price gouging by adding ads to existing tier instead of adding new cheaper tier with ads.
I haven't used streaming services in a couple of years. Now I'm just doing all piracy and watching it through my Jellyfin server
I just recently stopped as well... Have to still cancel prime though
It just requires so much more foresight in planning what you're going to watch.
Well I just download more or less everything that comes out lol. It's like having my own streaming service with thousands if movies and shows available.
Streaming services aren't much better, they regularly didn't have what I wanted to watch and I'm not subscribing to more than one. Now I'm subscribing to none and watch what I want instead of what Netflix has available.
It’s a fair criticism but I find the drawbacks to be quite tolerable compared to the benefits. Each person must do their own calculus. As the user above alluded to, there are apps which make the experience almost seamless. My two favourite apps ever are Radarr and Sonarr.
Jellyfin Jellyseerr Radarr Sonarr Jackett Transmission
I've migrated to prowlarr from jackett. It's far faster in searches.
I'll do the same
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore!
I can request a show, do a load of laundry and have it available. I've decent enough Internet where a movie can be available in as little as 5 minutes if it finds a nice little hevc webrip. I get that it's not instant but a proper setup can have you rocking and rolling in under an hour.
Not with enough server space.
