And fuck. I really miss plex. I’ve had Netflix and Hulu forever as family won’t let me cancel. Decided to sign up to Paramount + for some Trek. Twice in lower decks it didn’t save my watched episodes. Doesn’t mark episode as watched if you exit during the credits. And multiple playback issues.

Wanted to add no ad Disney to the Hulu for some Doctor Who. Only the add supported is available through Hulu. So I’d have to cancel, wait for the month to end and sign up via Disney. Deal with ads or pay almost double the duo plan costs, or include ESPN, and honestly fuck sports.

What is so difficult about just providing a decent service for a fair price? Why is plex like a decade ahead of the streaming UI’s? I’m trying to give you fucks money and you’re making it extremely difficult.

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Some more examples of why piracy is a service problem

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It really is. Everyone splintering off to their own app is what got me back to it. Had Netflix, Hulu, max, Disney, prime and I think Apple plus or peacock for a while and I could never remember what service the shows I was watching were on. Opening up 4 streaming apps to find what I was watching the other day got tiresome. When it was mainly Netflix and Hulu I only pirated the few shows that were on like HBO that I wanted to see. Arr apps with plex is so nice in comparison.

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Thanks for a great motivational speech, I already was against all corpo streaming services, but now I’m going turbo-mode on building a new Jellyfin server with all my media to stream whenever I want :)

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I just made the switch last month. Even my partner doesn’t touch his beloved Apple TV anymore. We’ll never go back.

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Lol once you taste the forbidden fruit of media freedom, everything else tastes sour.

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What is so difficult about just providing a decent service for a fair price?

Nothing. It’s just not profitable.

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Check out real debrid and alldebrid

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Your “PC died”? What does that mean.

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Computer no longer works. 'E’s passed on! This PC is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E’s expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed 'im to the perch 'e’d be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E’s off the twig! 'E’s kicked the bucket, 'e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PC!!

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There are over 300 upvotes on this post. Why the hell does this comment have only 2 upvotes?

Are you and I the only ones who enjoy this reference?

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So you lost all your files?

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No. Once I replace whatever part died, I’ll be able to restore everything important.

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