People Twitter

Or pirate for 0€.

There was a time when almost everything was on Netflix. As a consumer, having all my content in one place for $10/mo is awesome, but according to capitalism, it is a problem that needed to be fixed.

Everyone wants to run a subscription service, until they have everyone on a subscription. Then instead of celebrating that they won capitalism, they go and start with the exclusive extra addons and upgrades. Because unfortunately no company in the history of companies has ever said that's it, we're making enough money, let's relax.

Or even better, "even though you pay for the ad free subscription, this video is only available with ads".

Streaming becoming cable 2.0 is one of the biggest disappointments in the entertainment industry.

No, you can't. It's $14.99 and in a few years you're going to lose access to it. Fuck you. Give us money.

...fuck you.

The Last Of Us season 2 being on a different, new subscription service is very much the last straw.

DVDs are dirt cheap, plentiful as fuck, don't have DRM bullshit to have to deal with, last for decades when stored properly, and still look pretty damn good with deinterlacing. Plus, they don't run any of the risks associated with piracy. Am I allowed to copy my DVDs onto my hard drive? That may be a legal gray area. But can they see that I copied my DVDs to my hard drive? Of course not. And I'm not making my ISOs and MKVs available to the world for download.

Spend 4 bucks on a used DVD. Give her the ol'

dd if=sr0 of=~/Videos/Movies/Title.iso

And keep the disc for basically forever. Copy it again if something happens to your file. EZPZ. Plus, it's cool to own a physical thing imo.

One last thing: DVDs come with subtitles. I have a hard time understanding spoken words. I like to read my movies as I watch them. Makes it easier to know what's going on without cranking the volume to 11. Speaking of which, the menu for the Spinal Tap DVD is excellent.

Arrr, me hearty! Batten down the hatches and prepare to set sail, ye scallywags!

I think we should be able to co-op a digital library... Say, the Internet archive seems to be just that!

Why is it under constant attack? Oh yeah, greed.

Why aren't we able to digitally host a communal library where each owner can "buy in" access by contributing a library?

Like a digital replication of each piece of physical media owned by a person?

🏴‍☠️

DOGMA has entered the chat

And it’s never anything in demand either. It’s always some random movie you came across on Wikipedia when you were scrolling through some actor’s filmography, and a minor interest was sparked. These companies create no value and hoard wealth and power. The whole copyright regime is tyrannical.

You can get it for free in your local public library.

.arr me matey

Yo ho! Yo ho!

Capitalism never learns. I was off of pirating for over a decade because things were actually somewhat affordable and you didn't have to jump through hoops to access everything. I'm right back in it, pirating everything, fuck these business school graduate scumbags.

I use an Emby/Jellyfin stream. There's nothing I don't have.

That's only if it's an older movie. The latest Captain America is available to rent for $25, or to buy for $30.

Or you can do what I did, and sail the high seas for it.