• Fat Tony
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      76 months ago

      And while you’re at it, you should also try this:

  • @[email protected]
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    616 months ago

    I would immediately cancel any service that does that.

    I actively avoid advertising. I’ve cancelled Amazon prime now it has advertising.

    I got Sky’s Internet TV here in the UK - a supposedly premium service yet the first VOD demand show I streamed I found it had adverts and you had to pay more to be able to fast forward through them. I immediately cancelled.

    These companies are greedy as fuck, and driven by the stupidity of always trying to be “growing” to grow their share prices. That just means always trying to save money and take more money from their customers. Enshittification is a result of the stupidity of the stock markets.

    • @[email protected]
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      106 months ago

      It’s as if they want you to torrent stuff again.

      And funnily I feel less worse than the last time (before netflix arose)…

    • udon
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      116 months ago

      You can pirate the ads and quizzes

      • @[email protected]
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        116 months ago

        A friend of mine in college pirated a japanese show which included the ads. The first episode seemed to have subs with legitimate translations. The rest of the season the subtitle author had fun and changed them to make fun of the ads. It was pretty funny.

        There were no quizzes though…

  • @[email protected]
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    406 months ago

    Somewhere someone thought this was a good idea.

    Fuck that individual specifically, fuck head…

  • @[email protected]
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    216 months ago
    1. Ditch all paid streaming apps.
    2. Research how Stremio, Torrentio, and Real-Debrid work together.
    3. Never pay to see ads ever again.
    • @[email protected]
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      46 months ago

      Except you have to watch out and buy TVs that don’t show ads by themselves these days…

      • @[email protected]
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        86 months ago

        To prevent this from happening, you should always check RTINGS first before buying a TV (or any electronics, for that matter). Scroll down to the “Ad-Free” section for the review of the TV you’re considering.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        Am I behind the times? I don’t use a television. I use a desktop computer with monitors. The television itself will show ads.?

    • @[email protected]
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      36 months ago

      Exactly, it’s really the perfect combination, to be honest. For what? $3 a month? Outrageous?

      Or go to one of the streaming websites like 123 movies or whatnot and use an ad blocker. Same experience to an extent.

      • @[email protected]
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        It’s €16 for 6 months of all the content you could ever care to stream, delivered straight to your living room. So yeah, about $2.75/mo USD for 1000x more content than any other streaming platform. Deal of the century.

        I should also mention that the addon support for Stremio is huge, allowing you to customize your feed exactly how you like it. A good addon for example is Trakt.tv, which recommendeds content based on your viewing habits. Perfect for people who are too dependent on Netflix/Disney/Max/YouTube/etc. and their algorithms (me).

        As the icing on the cake, Stremio also has HDR & Dolby Atmos support. Great for home theater geeks like me.

    • dzervas
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      26 months ago

      it’s very difficult for me to describe to other people how good this setup is. it’s not “check home assistant” good. it’s not “use 1password to store your passwords” good. it’s almost “just download more ram” good