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I mean, I have Paramount, Hulu, and HBO subscriptions, but I'm far more likely to fly the black flag and watch it from my Plex server instead of their apps due
by ajford 5y ago
I mean, I have Paramount, Hulu, and HBO subscriptions, but I'm far more likely to fly the black flag and watch it from my Plex server instead of their apps due to how painful those apps are to use.
If I was a little less honest, it would be easy to skip paying the subscription entirely. I generally use their apps now to find and try new shows, then download them to Plex once I know I like a show (so I'm not burning bandwidth fetching shows I'm not gonna watch).
- plandis 5y agoThis is fair but is your average person setting up plex servers? My guess is no.
- ajford 5y agoNo, but my tech-illiterate father is now setting up fire TV sticks with Kodi and plugins using Youtube guides for him and my step-siblings. The whole "are the normies capable of this" argument has turned into an arms-race against Youtube/FB for easy setup guides. That said, yes, the number of people they'd loose over shitty interfaces is probably kinda small, but I'd argue that as guides, youtube vids, and even all-in-one seedboxes become more available, that population is gonna grow. All it takes is some streamer to lay out the current process.
- Benji_San 5y agoYeah I kind of agree, Netflix still seems to be the only streaming service that actually offers a better service than just pirating the content and watching it through Kodi or Plex. There is always some minor or major technical issue or missing feature with every other streaming service I've tried except Netflix.