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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

piracy is way more convinient, especially with apps like CloudStream.
Or transmission/qbittorrent + rss + jellyfin + findroid for a self hosted alternative.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Well, how? I go to my mighty little website and they give it to me for free...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most evenings, I find myself stuck in this phase, during which time I am likely to cycle through something resembling the five stages of grief. There’s Denial (I swear I had a Paramount+ account); Anger (I cannot believe I have to pay for Paramount+); Bargaining (I promise I will cancel my subscription after the one-week Paramount+ trial period ends); Depression (I cannot believe I didn’t remember to cancel Paramount+ after the trial period ended); and Acceptance (Let’s just head to Netflix and watch Suits).

Do people not realize you can cancel your subscription immediately after registering. The cancelation just stops the automatic monthly renewal. No one wants to deal with the hassle of pro rating and refunding partial used monthly subscriptions, so cancelling renewal is all it does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I got 3 months free paramount and I canceled the subscription, and it expired in a week instead of 3 months. Its such bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sorry, but I really don’t get it… the bigger question is and always has been where can I watch it.

It was a bit easier during the beginning of the streaming era, but never that easy, especially in Europe…

I need a stupid app (JustWatch) to tell me where I can watch a movie or show… so how is it easy to watch? It’s also not easy if I need 4+ streaming services…

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mostly just channel surf on Pluto or Roku for free lol

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's always been, what should i watch. There just used to be the caveat of how.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Just let me have my Stremio, and I'm a content man

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When lost for what to watch, goto /r/InterdimensionalCable

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

After just a few times of trying to watch something and not knowing which or if it was on any of my services I went straight back to the places I know will have exactly what I'm looking for in a couple clicks. Things have only gotten worse since then with the explosion of the number of streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally, that's one of the reasons why I haven't bothered to watch a TV series for almost a decade now. Between this, the constant crackdown on piracy, the outrageous prices for original media, and the constant moral issues from popular culture icons and media CEOs, I'd rather sleep in my free time

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