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What other services do you use? I paid for prime, so i've watched some stuff on prime video, but there's really not much on there. Netflix is pretty much my onl

What other services do you use? I paid for prime, so i've watched some stuff on prime video, but there's really not much on there. Netflix is pretty much my only option for most TV shows. Worth noting I'm in Canada.

Raphmedia 10y ago
If you enjoy Anime or Asian drama (asian drama being live action, not animated) Crunchyroll has a huge catalog. It fills the void that Netflix has between two big Netflix Originals. Edit: Giving away one of my 48h Crunchyroll premium guest pass. No credit card required. I'm not working for Crunchyroll in any way, they give out guest pass monthly to premium users. First one to use this code wins: UWWJAQTDKYZ. Note that I will receive a notification telling me your username and perhaps your email address, if privacy is important to you.
M_Grey 10y ago
I'm in the US here, so I'm not sure where out options differ. For me, I do (as a poster below noted) like anime so Crunchyroll is a good choice. Hulu is good for seasonal TV stuff, and then I actually use a smartDNS to get access to UK channels. It's probably a matter of taste though... I don't like most movies, and prefer longer-forms for telling stories.
- bubblethink 10y ago
  >use a smartDNS At that point, isn't just plain old piracy more convenient ?
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    I've been so long out of that game, I wouldn't know where to begin, so not for me, no.
  - nissehulth 10y ago
    Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". I used to use a VPN to watch US Netflix, but they started to block known VPNs and I didn't feel like spending time on workarounds. On the other hand, downloading the latest episode of some TV series takes only a few mouse clicks. For sure easier than fighting geo-restrictions. I still pay for Netflix, but doesn't really watch it much because of the tiny catalog available to me locally, I simply want to support them. Perhaps it will make me feel better if I would download any of their content. :)
    - bubblethink 10y ago
      >Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". >I simply want to support them. Nothing to be sad about. Also curious, why do you want to support them ? Being a market leader, Netflix is a unique position to influence some of these regressive practices. More support is clearly not helping; it's only making it worse by creating monopolies that exert even more negative influence.
      - spdionis 10y ago
        The biggest problem with Netflix is that it is not able to obtain rights for a lot of movies or series so you don't have a full catalog. So series and movies are fragmented between providers or totally unavailable. Netflix is not much of a market leader until it contains at least 90% of the movies i want to watch, which can't happen without enough leverage from their part given by user support.
      - nissehulth 10y ago
        I do like some of their own content. I also like their general business model and I believe (well, I hope) that the stupid geo-restrictions are results of old-school licensing and not active business decisions made by Netflix. But ofc, I wouldn't mind if they had some real competition, I don't want a monopoly.
        bubblethink 10y ago
        >(well, I hope) that the stupid geo-restrictions are results of old-school licensing and not active business decisions made by Netflix. Geo-restrictions have existed forever. What Netflix started was actively blocking entire ranges of IPs belonging to vpns and commercial ISPs (cloud providers like aws, dedicated servers like ovh etc.). This should fall under some corollary to net-neutrality where a service cannot discriminate between ISPs. Does such a corollary exist in countries that have some form of net neutrality (US, India, Netherlands etc.) ? Can someone with legal expertise comment ? From my standpoint, they can have geo-licensing, but should stick with some consistent way of showing content either based on billing info or IP. Blocking out vast portions of the internet because it doesn't suit them should clearly be some violation of laws like net neutrality.

Raphmedia 10y ago

If you enjoy Anime or Asian drama (asian drama being live action, not animated) Crunchyroll has a huge catalog. It fills the void that Netflix has between two big Netflix Originals. Edit: Giving away one of my 48h Crunchyroll premium guest pass. No credit card required. I'm not working for Crunchyroll in any way, they give out guest pass monthly to premium users. First one to use this code wins: UWWJAQTDKYZ. Note that I will receive a notification telling me your username and perhaps your email address, if privacy is important to you.

M_Grey 10y ago

I'm in the US here, so I'm not sure where out options differ. For me, I do (as a poster below noted) like anime so Crunchyroll is a good choice. Hulu is good for seasonal TV stuff, and then I actually use a smartDNS to get access to UK channels. It's probably a matter of taste though... I don't like most movies, and prefer longer-forms for telling stories.

bubblethink 10y ago
>use a smartDNS At that point, isn't just plain old piracy more convenient ?
- M_Grey 10y ago
  I've been so long out of that game, I wouldn't know where to begin, so not for me, no.
- nissehulth 10y ago
  Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". I used to use a VPN to watch US Netflix, but they started to block known VPNs and I didn't feel like spending time on workarounds. On the other hand, downloading the latest episode of some TV series takes only a few mouse clicks. For sure easier than fighting geo-restrictions. I still pay for Netflix, but doesn't really watch it much because of the tiny catalog available to me locally, I simply want to support them. Perhaps it will make me feel better if I would download any of their content. :)
  - bubblethink 10y ago
    >Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". >I simply want to support them. Nothing to be sad about. Also curious, why do you want to support them ? Being a market leader, Netflix is a unique position to influence some of these regressive practices. More support is clearly not helping; it's only making it worse by creating monopolies that exert even more negative influence.
    - spdionis 10y ago
      The biggest problem with Netflix is that it is not able to obtain rights for a lot of movies or series so you don't have a full catalog. So series and movies are fragmented between providers or totally unavailable. Netflix is not much of a market leader until it contains at least 90% of the movies i want to watch, which can't happen without enough leverage from their part given by user support.
    - nissehulth 10y ago
      I do like some of their own content. I also like their general business model and I believe (well, I hope) that the stupid geo-restrictions are results of old-school licensing and not active business decisions made by Netflix. But ofc, I wouldn't mind if they had some real competition, I don't want a monopoly.
      - bubblethink 10y ago
        >(well, I hope) that the stupid geo-restrictions are results of old-school licensing and not active business decisions made by Netflix. Geo-restrictions have existed forever. What Netflix started was actively blocking entire ranges of IPs belonging to vpns and commercial ISPs (cloud providers like aws, dedicated servers like ovh etc.). This should fall under some corollary to net-neutrality where a service cannot discriminate between ISPs. Does such a corollary exist in countries that have some form of net neutrality (US, India, Netherlands etc.) ? Can someone with legal expertise comment ? From my standpoint, they can have geo-licensing, but should stick with some consistent way of showing content either based on billing info or IP. Blocking out vast portions of the internet because it doesn't suit them should clearly be some violation of laws like net neutrality.