Technology

76424 readers

3456 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

L3s@lemmy.world

enu@lemmy.world

technopagan@lemmy.world

L4s@lemmy.world

L3s@hackingne.ws

L4s@hackingne.ws

917

Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

240 comments fedilink hide all child comments

As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My phone can't play BluRay disks.
My computer can't natively play BluRay disks.
My iPad can't play them.

My only option is to pay for yet another HDMI device because of BluRay's DRM and sit down in front of a TV that I may not actually even own. That's both an additional waste of money and inconvient compared to watching an episode on my phone during lunch.

Or I can use software to crack the DRM and rip the disk to video files, which is a violation of the DMCA and brings us right back to being illegal.

Fuck streaming services, but also fuck DRM-encumbered pieces of plastic and foil. I'll buy the movie on a subscription-free service as a token gesture and pirate it.