1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNetflix adds 13.1 million subscribers, tops revenue estimateswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkNetflix adds 13.1 million subscribers, tops revenue estimateswww.cnbc.com1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
This is so strange to me. I guess people enjoy being ripped off and getting less and less value for their money.
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoNow imagine you have a family that likes to watch TV in the living room and not in your room.
minus-squareHedonismB0t@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSo you download the movie to your Plex or Jellyfin server and watch it in living room. I do exactly this all the time.
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoRight, I use Plex now too. However, it only has things that I already downloaded. So if we don’t plan, we end up watching something on Netflix instead of spending extra time on looking+downloading+going back and forth between rooms.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoWell Plex soon is adding support for buying and renting stuff.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago“download this app, create an account, I’ll add you as a friend, off you go” It’s literally as easy as Netflix in that scenario.
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m curious to hear more about this. What’s the app?
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLol that hasn’t been an issue for at least a decade.
Now imagine you have a family that likes to watch TV in the living room and not in your room.
So you download the movie to your Plex or Jellyfin server and watch it in living room. I do exactly this all the time.
Right, I use Plex now too. However, it only has things that I already downloaded. So if we don’t plan, we end up watching something on Netflix instead of spending extra time on looking+downloading+going back and forth between rooms.
Well Plex soon is adding support for buying and renting stuff.
“download this app, create an account, I’ll add you as a friend, off you go”
It’s literally as easy as Netflix in that scenario.
I’m curious to hear more about this. What’s the app?
Plex
Jellyfin for the win!
Lol that hasn’t been an issue for at least a decade.