TLDR:
Current ad free plans for Disney+ and Hulu are now raising $3 more on October 12. Both becoming $13.99 and $17.99.
I love how after Netflix did this, all of the fucking idiots on Reddit were just like “LOL JUST USE ANOTHER STREAMING SERVICE,” as if it wasn’t obvious as shit that all of the rest of these companies would follow suit shortly.
reddit is absolutely full of the dumbest and most gullible idiots on the planet.
That would’ve been true a few months ago, but now it’s even more true because only the dumbest stayed and downloaded the app.
I thought the general consensus has been a return to good old fashioned pirating?
I’d say the Disney+ catalog is quite a bit better than the Netflix catalog.
I mean if you like watching garbage marvel content then I guess?
Well, it does have The Simpsons, Duck Tales, Chip&Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, DarkWing Duck, Gargoyles, Mighty Ducks… that’s about it.
If someone deserves to be pirated into oblivion it’s Disney, for fucking up the copyright after making a fortune of public domain material.
But they don’t have any content I would like to watch :(
Just do it out of principle!
Ok, I will torrent something and let it seed for couple of days.
At this point these services are asking us to pirate. We aren’t getting our money from trees.
Yup, this + crackdown on password sharing made me cancel all of my 3 subscription plans and move back to pirating.
The reason for pirating for me isn’t about getting stuff for free, it is about paying a reasonable total sum for the amount I use these streaming platforms.
This is why I pirate. Disney buys exclusive rights to kdramas that would otherwise be on multiple streaming services just so we have the privilege to overpay for their shitty subscriptions.
Disney can go fuck themselves.
How do I learn how to do this and not get caught?
Piracy community on the dbzero lemmy server is quite helpful. Run by the piracy subreddit former head admin.
Awesome. I’ll check it out
If you live in a country that hunt pirates you will need a VPN (I’m not from a fancy country but I believe it is cheaper than Disney there) and download stremio.
I’m in the US, so I will need a VPN. Any VPN recommendations? And is stremio like a streaming service but not for money?
Don’t know if they’re free but Mullvad VPN is great. Proton VPN is also good.
I looked into both and they are both affordable for me. Do you prefer one over the other?
Yes, but I’m not telling which one.
Mullvad. The just had a security audit and came out 💯.
I prefer mullvad but I had to stop using it on my personal devices due to it getting blocked on certain networks. For my server it’s perfectly fine. They don’t offer a way to do auto pay and buying credits can be a bit weird but that’s the only thing I’d say is a minor downside.
Mozilla vpn is actually mullvad but is also about twice the price.
Hm. I like autopay. I’ll probably look into other options.
Mullvad doesn’t allow port forwarding anymore which makes it less useful if you want to actually seed and not just leech.
But mullvad is great otherwise and doesn’t even require any personal data to buy. They just give you an account number.
What is seed and leech?
I’ve used Private Internet Access for years.
An alternative to a VPN is to use I2P, which is free but requires some technical setup.
How technical?
It’s been a while, but I just had a look at the Download page and it looks fairly straightforward. It’s essentially install and start a package, then configure your browser to use the proxy. There’s even an ‘easy install’ package for Windows now.
airvpn has been good after mullvad removed port forwarding. Proton looks like another good option. If you setup a torrent client, make sure you bind it to the VPN interface. Search how to do this, there’s lots of good documentation. And also run an IP leak test in a browser.
Sounds like they’re removing 4K from the standard plan and moving it to the new premium plan. Fuck you Disney!
There’s a premium plan? Here in Australia, we still just have the one monthly plan, which they recently increased by $3 per month.
If they jump onto the “premium” plan bandwagon like the others, and move 4K to that, this will literally be the final streaming service for me to drop. I’ve already dropped all the others. Only reason I kept this is because the sheer volume of content for my wife and daughter makes the $14 worthwhile - I just don’t have enough storage space (yet) to deliver all that via my Plex setup.
They’re introducing it in Europe from November 2023, not sure about other regions. The press release here explains what’s in each plan - unfortunately the premium plan is listed here and it sounds just like Netflix.
Sonovabitch. This is why I cancelled the others in the first place - forcing me to pay for additional devices, just to get 4K streaming. That, and Netflix wanted to charge me for password sharing because my stepkids use our account when they’re at their dad’s. Netflix’s answer was they should have a profile at each house. Losers.
Use stremio instead
I’ve seen a few people mention Stremio lately. What’s the tldr; in terms of benefits?
I went through a fair amount of “adjustment”, getting my family to use Plex and Overseerr (replacing Kodi and “ask Dad to get it”), so I’d want to have some compelling reasons to change things on them again.
I actually started using Stremio today because of what this guy said. I never heard of it. It’s definitely easy to use, but requires some setting up with plugins. Without the right plugin (torrentio) you won’t be able to stream anything without being told to use a subscription service. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to get the plugin. I just watched Evil Dead: Rise and I had plenty of options for streaming it. Considering how I canceled my Netflix subscription a little while ago it’s nice to have a reliable replacement. I mean, it’s even better than Netflix. Lots of new movies and shows to watch. I hope this thing lasts a long time because it’s just what I was looking for.
stremio has gotten a lot worse quality wise since rarbg went down. it doesnt seem to scrape torrentgalaxy correctly and i have no idea how to fix it
Nice dude you can install the plugin “cyberflix” so you get streaming catalogs that you can scroll through in discovery.
I don’t remember seeing Overseerr mentioned before although I do remember someone describing a request system like that for Plex a while back.
It’s interesting… I have never really tried to get my family using anything like that but I have had the lifetime Plex Pass for years now.
I think it’s about time for me to finally start expanding my local media collection again so maybe I’ll give adding it to the mix a shot.
Honestly, it’s been a game changer for my family and I. To go with Overseerr, I setup multiple Radarr and Sonarr instances, to cover 4K and anime. That way, anything they request in regular 1080p is auto-approved and downloaded, whereas 4K content requires I approve it first, mainly so I can manage free storage effectively.
Honestly, once I’ve managed to save up enough to deploy a much bigger storage solution, I’ll just let 4K be auto-approved too.
Makes sense to me… Might still be worth looking into Plex Debrid though to stream anything not worth keeping.
Yeah that could be a good idea personally i don’t save a’lot of stuff so a flash drive is enough for me
That’s an excellent point - there’s no reason for a one or other approach. There’s plenty of content we only watch the once, then I delete later on when doing a cleanup.
Jellyfin did not raise their prices. So I’m not worried. 😏
Drives aren’t going down in price :(
Predicted that flash storage will become cheaper per TB somewhere around 2025. Hopefully that happens because hdd prices have been really flat.
Hopefully. I’m gonna a buy a large HDD to fonally be able to store those remuxes and not having to delete them. Maybe it’ll be my last hard drive.
Yaaar! There be no price increases on the seven seas, me hearties. Hoist the sails, raise the flag, no quarter given 🏴☠️
I’m so close to deciding to sail the high seas again.
I’ve been a lifetime Plex pass subscriber for years now… Just need to get a VPN again, get back on Usenet or real-debrid, and maybe setup Sonarr and Radarr.
I’ll almost certainly save money and have access to more content than I currently do.
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I’d never heard of Bazarr before but I also don’t usually bother with downloading subtitles so I guess that makes sense.
Thanks for the suggestions though!
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My yearly cost for Usenet is cheaper than one month of Netflix. Granted I already have 60TB of NAS set-up, which wasn’t cheap, but it has more than paid for itself.
Docker and the *arr programs have made setting it all up an absolute breeze too for anyone looking to get started.
If it has been mentioned already. Plex_Debrid is the perfect mix without needing a VPN. Yes a VPN is always suggested but this streams directly to your plex server from real debrid.
Every day i become more 🏴☠️
i love my magic hard drive
Arrrrr!
Profits are down. Cough up, plebs!
Disney is the one I’ll shed in a heartbeat. Nothing ever seems to get added. People shit on Netflix, but at least I can go their for comfort food like Jaws or The Truman Show.
I remember when you only had to pay once to add a video to your collection…
My secret hope, unrelated to streaming services, is that people start releasing some sort of analogue tape format like VHS or Betamax, or even one of those, paired with a high quality digital download for movies.
I envision it working similar to the vinyl resurgence. A digital download for modern devices and streaming, paired with a fundamentally different form of media for a different experience.
Of course I know that it won’t happen. I just like analogue tech.
The worst thing is I’ve got most of these from the DVD era, but I’m just too lazy to get up and put them in.
Those of you with kids that want to stream some quality content shouldn’t overlook PBS Kids. The app on Roku and Apple TV is decent quality. Lots of free commercial free shows, and you can live stream the PBS Kids channel.
Forgetting where we are for a minute, if you’re willing to throw your local PBS station a fiver every month, you’ll help keep these programs available for those who can’t afford to pay (or can’t even afford a computer) and get online access to all the adult PBS shows through their app.
So true, $5/mo is the minimum donation amount to give you access to PBS Passport which unlocks all content of the regular PBS app.
Yarr harr fiddle-dee-dee
I’m finding myself more and more on the high seas these days. I haven’t yet searched to make it automated but it’s literally worth it to find a way now.
I never left the sea. I could never find myself at home on dry land.
They’re losing subscribers and money so I guess it’s not surprising. I’m down to zero streaming services after cutting back this year. The last couple subscriptions I’ve gotten I immediately cancelled and binge watched for the month my subscription lasted. There was no need to extend the subscription after that. Most services you can exhaust the content in a month or two of heavy use.
I don’t get why the “not surprising” way to react when you are losing subscribers is rising prices so more subscribers gtfo.
Come on, you are FUCKING DISNEY. Get everything up to 50’s/60’s for free and make some plan to have limited free streaming of this or that movie (call it “disney watching parties” or something like that, make it be available during a same slot of time, put some hashtags and let people give you free publicity) so you can attract customers.
Then offer everything else you got for money and you are set. For life. You are Disney, for fuck’s sake.
Disney doesn’t really have any enticing new content anymore nowadays. They mostly ruined Marvel and Star Wars and their remakes are generally not worth watching because the originals are better. In some cases they even alter the original story so much that it’s barely even the same story anymore. The only worthwhile stuff on there is the Pixar movies and even they are struggling a bit recently with Elemental being a flop.
I’m currently sharing a Disney+ sub with my family and I’m going to try to get them to agree to cancel our subscription. I wanted to do the same with Netflix but I sadly couldn’t get them to agree to it but with the lack of content on D+ I might be able to convince them this time.
I was sharing Netflix with a friend. When they moved forward with price increases, pushed to stop password sharing, and were found to be looking at introducing ads, I told him I’m not helping pay anymore and it’s up to him whether he wants to cancel. Idk or care whether he stuck around and decided it’s worth paying more than double what he had been paying. But withholding your share of the cost might convince your family. If it’s your account being shared, just cancel it and tell them to launch their own account.
Big number must go up! Even if attempts to make it go up only work on the short term and then later destroy your business! Makes lots of sense doesn’t it?!
Capitalism is so broken
I’d say it’s working as intended. Let them drive themselves into the ground.
