I wish I could browse Netflix without an account. That’s one thing that I haven’t found as good about Stremio, discoverablity.
It‘s strange is it not that to figure out the library before subscribing you often have to trust third party reporting. At least as far as I know
not sure if it works for you, but the TV app in iPhone lets you search across all streaming services to find where something is
interesting. i did a test before posting and Heartstopper was showing, so I assumed all Netflix shows were there. But Avatar: The Last Airbender only says Paramount+, despite being available in Netflix too
Yo ho ho, what the fuck did you expect? Off to sail the high seas.
the more they remove, the more i’ll be using my plex server (or Jellyfin if Plex also enshitifies itself)
Plex has already been enshitifying itself for years. Their own streaming channels, ad supported streaming, their creepy activity log sharing, banning servers run on entire hosting services, cracking down ever more on piracy. Hell I’ve seen reports where they banned people hosting on their own residential connections and sharing with friends and family, then emailing those friends & family and falsely informing them their host was running a commercial piracy service. And next month they become a store for movie and TV rentals.
Really it’s time to just bite the bullet and swap to Jellyfin.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24043706/plex-store-movies-tv-shows
Of course they are. A few years from now, there’ll be no ad-free plans at all. Across any streaming service.
I imagine there probably will be at least an expensive one, because there are probably some people out there willing to pay more for an ad-free service than the ads and normal fee would add up to, but not willing to use the service with ads. Might not be many people, but I doubt having one more plan costs the company enough that it wouldn’t make them slightly more money to have one
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Pirates life for me
I don’t even care enough to pirate shows any more. I’m just content with missing out