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Many of my friends have cancelled their streaming services. The prices are too high and being gaslit about what to watch where and when is not very convenient.
by anarticle 3y ago
Many of my friends have cancelled their streaming services. The prices are too high and being gaslit about what to watch where and when is not very convenient. Of course, these are all tech people but I was shocked to hear it. Some have gone plex or even back to physical media.
- BizarroLand 3y agoIf I didn't get paramount+ for free with my internet provider I would have no streaming. DVDs checked out from the library + Kanopy meets all of my requirements without some stranger watching everything I do over my shoulder.
- skyyler 3y agoMy friends are all setting up Plex servers that we are sharing with each other. It's like having constant access to your friends' media collections. Because it is.
- earthling8118 3y agoPeople are still setting up plex in 2024? That sounded like a bad idea a few years ago and even more so now. Having to pay and route login through a third party doesn't seem smart.
- elashri 3y agoWe are talking about ordinary people who until recently have been sharing account passwords between each other. Sometimes the owner did not know how many people were using the account. And self hosting a complete independent solution seems too technical for average person. If they have this knowledge they probably will go off with piracy too.
- shiroiuma 3y ago>And self hosting a complete independent solution seems too technical for average person. The OP said their friends were all technical people. Setting up Jellyfin is pretty easy.
- skyyler 3y agoOh no, these friends are the gamer type, not software people. I don't use plex, but I should set up Jellyfin for sharing my collection with friends... Thanks :3
- sumedh 3y ago> People are still setting up plex in 2024? Some techies do it, the host needs to have a paid Plex plan, the consumers can just use the free Plex App and connect to the host and stream.
- aitchnyu 3y agoSome Banglore ISPs used to have private file servers with movies so save some internet bandwidth.
- sumedh 3y agoSome ISPs in Mumbai used to do that too. ISP customers would use DC++ to get movies/songs. Good times :)