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1. belval+Qg[view] [source] 2022-10-12 15:08:13
>>ksec+(OP)
I know it's morally dubious, but I'm completely back in pirateland because of all the changes/price hikes/partitioning in the streaming space. My interests make it so I only watch 1-2 shows per platform so I'd be approaching ~100$/month.

And even if I was swimming in money, it's often easier to just download the shows I want and watch them on Plex/Jellyfin than trying to navigate the (often ad-riddled) interfaces of the various platforms and finding where the content I want is.

One example is Rick and Morty, it's made by Adult Swim, but they don't have a streaming service in Canada. It seems to be on Primevideo but under a different system than their regular content. The other way to watch it is to buy it from my cable provider (I don't have cable). So to watch a 20-minutes animated show I'd have to take a +40$ subscription.

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2. citize+BQ1[view] [source] 2022-10-12 22:00:20
>>belval+Qg
FULL CIRCLE! haha.

People used to have this crazy bundle of streaming services called "cable TV" People started to complain that it was getting too expense to pay $150+(even with commercials) a month when you only watch a dozen of the hundreds of channels at most. Then came streaming services. People were thrilled they could only pay for one channel at a time for 10-15$ per month.... problem solved.

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