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Netflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdown (www.avclub.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Netflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdown::Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we're all just too exhausted to fight this stuff

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[–] 16 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I really wanted to cancel my subscription. I consider piracy to be a moral option against the aggressively repressive sonny bono copyright law. But I can't pull the rug out from my mom's feet back home (I live in another state). So instead of getting to cancel in protest like how I want, I still just pay for one Netflix subscription that I don't use personally.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You should look into hosting a Plex server for her. My brother set one up after I cancelled our Netflix and our tech-illterate mother loves it. The only change for her was moving from clicking on the Netflix icon on her TV to clicking on the Plex icon.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    This is the way to go if you really want to be a pro piracy advocate.

    Most people can’t be bothered with the complexities of torrents or codecs. Luckily that’s my shit, and I put together a 4x16TB NAS setup and started hosting a Plex instance for family initially, then added some coworkers. It’s a fun little hobby, and my users are able to save on streaming services.

    Also, I’ve found a majority of users really don’t care much about quality, so I’m able to serve up multiple streams on only 40Mbps upload without noticing any network slowdowns.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When I was last home I did set up Jellyfin from my dad's PC (which is basically always on) and downloaded a few movies for them. But some of the movies had inconsistent subtitles or needed massaging. Or Jellyfin needed to take an extra moment to transcode the subtitle format for some reason. So if I were able to ensure that stuff is all sorted out, it works great. But if I'm not there it might get weird.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If she's on your account, in another state, you were not cracked down.

    But that highlights the spin these companies exploit through inconsistent or partial abuse. Like every Chrome or Windows update where someone can say 'just jump through hoops X Y and Z' or 'it still works on my machine.' The impact is softened and the backlash is robbed of momentum. Six months later the problem is enforced mercilessly, but all the Google results are outdated excuses and confusion.

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