How to make more people sail the high seas.
Laughs in Jellyfin
Do it!
I’d plan to download even more torrents of netflix series, but it’s not like they’ve got anything worth watching anyway.
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.
What is the point of a paid service with ads?
Cable got away with it until it didn’t.
Yeah and where is it now? Oh yeah in obscurity.
Specifically because we could binge watch without ads changing the vibe OR THE VOLUME
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.
What’s the point? They know customers are full of piss and wind, threatening blue murder while doing absolutely nothing beyond jaw flapping. (Same with gamers).
Amazon’s service model, for example, is to twiddle the knobs to just under the point where the majority ragequit: the sweet spot of maximum profit right now. Everyone else is copying it.
And the sweet spot moves - probably like boiling a frog. A major player does something many hate, but not everyone/enough and those people live with it. Then it becomes the new normal. Twiddle the knob. Rinse and repeat.
I canceled my Netflix when they did the account sharing shenanigans, and filled out the exit survey explaining why. I had only kept my Netflix because my parents watched it, then they made it so hard to add a family member addon account I said fuck it and canceled everything.
My parents signed up for their own account, so Netflix didn’t lose total count, but they lost the extra subscriber that was the whole point. I know I am an edge case in not just complaining while taking it, but there is always hope.
Amazon’s service model, for example, is to twiddle the knobs to just under the point where the majority ragequit
I mean, I get Amazon Prime via their shopping service whether I want it or not. And half of their “library” such that it exists is just links out to other paid premium services. Nevermind their Netflix-esque habit of cancelling or delaying popular shows while churning out lots of AI slop to fill in the gaps.
There’s no strong incentive to drop Prime Shipping (because it’s dirt cheap and I still do plenty of retail shopping on Amazon). But I find myself going to their TV / Movies selection less and less frequently. Occasionally just pirate the Amazon show I already have access to out of convenience.
Can’t say the same of Netflix, though. Cancelled that shit a few years ago. Barely anything left worth pirating from it anymore.
I kind of doubt prime is a good deal considering how many online store offer free shipping (with out a paid subscription!) and actually give you REAL arrival estimate dates.
I haven’t seen anyone doing a better job. Lots of hype around the new things, though.
They still offer an ad free plan
Oh boy! Let me guess its 2x the ad plan and like YouTube red will also have limited ads soon.
Never been so happy to sail the seven seas! 🏴☠️🥰🏴☠️ Jellyfin FTW
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…
There will be a subscription based cancellation fee before you leave.
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!
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.
…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.
And I will continue pirating all the series I ever want to watch.
I promise I won’t bring ads to my jellyfin.
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.
The high seas are callin us boys! 🏴☠️
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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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!
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.
Not just that, as the fucking hellish political environment right now is enabling greed at full throttle, as if the SEC doesn’t exist.
I mean, do they have to fuck or is that optional?
I wish they were fuckin. Right now they’re a wet noodle.
You get 2 chances at guessing the correct answer tot hat.
You get 2 chances at guessing the correct answer tot hat.
If I guess correct I get a tot hat? My nephews would love that.
Or are you calling me a tot hat?
My fat thumbs are a blessing 🤣
I fucking love Lemmy. This is what I don’t get from normies that is plentiful here. In here, every little thing will turn into something to make fun of, and has the potential of turning into an entirely new sub-conversation.
Thank you for being like that, honestly.
To answer your question, you need to keep the ‘hat’ part, but the ‘tot’ can be anything you want, as long as it’s kept to 3 characters. I would suggest starting with something like ‘a…’, filling the blanks, and going down from there. That’s what I’m calling you, ‘tot’ was a typo 😁
I mean, I agree, but at the same time you’ve got to be trying to keep up or your business dies. Like, if blockbuster has tried to compete with Netflix instead of ignoring it, we’d still have blockbuster
Block buster didn’t have ads turning the movie, just some trailers you could skip. Plus when I went to block buster we’d find something(s) and go home an watch it. Not this scroll through a mountain of the same crap in different categories just to maybe find something after a much longer period of time.
Fuck we had it good with blockbuster.
No we didn’t. Blockbuster was the soulless corporation that killed all the smaller stores, which were actually good. Fuck Blockbuster.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blockbuster-sued-over-late-fees/
we also had ads in the store. you got good at tuning them out. i remember gettting lost trying to find a movie because i forgot we had an animated section. first day at the new store.
The only ads in the store I remember where card board signs similar to what you see at the theater. That’s not at all the same as 1 or more 30 second unskippable add.
there were also these TVs in the store. sometimes we’d get to watch movies, sometimes they’d have these ads on them. one summer i was working 3 or 4 jobs i can’t remember (it was a summer) and one of them was blockbuster.
Sure, but is this actually a good idea?
The argument would be that these “short form videos” improve discoverability. I can’t speak for Netflix (since I’m not subscribed), but I am subscribed to Disney+. I completely agree that the discoverability in the Disney+ app is bad. But I’m also subscribed to Hulu, which is now owned (fully) by Disney. The discoverability in Hulu is actually pretty good.
Everything that is “Disney+ Exclusive” is only available using Disney+. Everything that is “Hulu Exclusive” is available on both Hulu and Disney+. So Disney+ has everything I want, but the app sucks.
The plan is by the end of 2026 to turn down the Hulu app and only use the Disney+ app. So, is Disney improving the Disney+ app? Nope, they’re adding “Verts”.
This is what bothers me. If you have an interesting idea to improve your app, do that. If you’re just chasing the current flavor of the week, stop. Spend that time doing something useful.
It’s also by far the slowest TV app in my experience. All the others are pretty snappy, but Disney+ is like special ed.
i think the verts is more competing with youtube’s competing with tiktok, yeah. but i also think i’m very much not the target audience. i’m a long form video. if i’m going to give the filmmaker the respect of my time, give me the respect of at least thirty minutes of plot dammit. or at least thirty minutes of michael bay level explosions and a bowl of popcorn. fill me with bread and send in the clowns dammit. fuck dammit i had to mention bread. the baker gets to the bakery in an hour i bet i could pinch a loaf. look what you’ve done.
Who wants any of that?
Cool. I plan to continue not using Netflix. Seems like this arrangement is working out great for both of us.
So come aboard and bring along all your hopes and dreams!
Y’all still payin for Netflix?
I came in only to ask that same question. Thanks.
