No more breaks from ad breaks.
  • PushButton@lemmy.worldEnglish
    712·
    2 months ago

    The verge: “it started with ads and blabla”.

    No.

    It started when people were pirating and life was good. Then the streaming came with a good product and a fair price -> people agreed with that and people stopped pirating.

    Companies started to enshitify the product, we are now at this point.

    I am not suggesting you what to do.

  • 🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    2 months ago

    Lemmy: Arrrr!

    Big Tech: take away their PC and give them some completely locked down box fully under our control, to protect the children of course. And no more physical media!

    The only answer to that is probably board games and books.

      • fprawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        My library does streaming now, don’t even need to make the trip, it’s pretty awesome.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 months ago

    I haven’t watched something with ads in it for many years.

    Y’all know how.

    Only time is when I stay in hotels and watch their cable. It’s so weird and insulting after freeing myself from them for so long. It breaks up the pace and basically ruins the entire experience.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    241·
    2 months ago

    Maybe I should start running ads on my jellyfin server. Something like “want unlimited bluey for a weekend? Clear and load the dishwasher twice this week”

    Or “want +16 content? Start being an adult and use the toilet brush”

    • Im_old@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      some time ago I saw an homeassistant customizatoin where the smartplug for TV would turn on only after the child confirmed they completed a bunch of tasks (homework, putting away toys etc). Sure they could “cheat” but that would just trigger a total ban for a month.

    • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Ngl that might work on me, gating Bluey behind the dishwasher. At least until the obsession ran out.

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    I saw great potential in streaming. Then physical media started to evaporate. Then everyone started to have their own streaming platform. Then came the ads.

    By the time I could have afforded them, it got enshittified. Back to swashbuckling I guess.

      • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Since when does a static IP address cost less than a streaming service? Domains sure. But a static is like $20-30 a month. I use dynamic DNS for any services that need to access the WAN side of my firewall (very very few) and I use tailscale for all things on my local network I need to access from outside. I would never let my media server or NAS touch the WAN.

    • GalacticRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Same, works great, it’s my media, no ads, no issues. And no I don’t have to pay some $750 for a ‘PlexPass’ either.

  • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I appreciate the article points out AppleTV as being the only one without ads at this point. They also have great shows and the fidelity of the video is good.

    Tim Cook sucks at this point, but who ever is running the TV business is doing a good job.

    • kalleboo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      They just added ads to their Maps app, I am 100% expecting them to add ads to AppleTV

    • liking625@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Indeed, i despide apple in almost everything, but apple TV, its shows, the color pallets picked for many shows, their quality, etc is just amazing

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      My friend here in the States has it. He let me use it for a while. It’s really cool, but finding an IPTV service that’s reliable is a real challenge.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Go to Chinese amazon, search for android boxes and ask for a test they will give you a code. Use tivimax premium as your app, said to be the best.

        • pptiny@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Tivimate is THE app for IPTV on Android. But it seems providers are scarce in the US so regardless of software that is a problem.

          • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Yeah, follow the instructions and get direct access you dont need a reseller. I pay 35 a year for everything available direct to a seller on one of the chinese marketplace sites