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Netflix is raising their prices again. Spotify just raised their prices… (feddit.online)
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Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

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[–] 69 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

👉 Your local public library. You can borrow movies and books. Return them so someone else can use them too. Not run afoul of the law. Libraries are great!

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Your library probably even has digital access to thousands of movies, books, and songs, so you don’t even have to leave the house!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (2 children)

    That's definitely true for books. I have an ereader and I often use my library account to add books on loan to the reader over the Internet. I don't think there's video available like that, but they do have physical media like CDs, DVDs, and BluRays.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    Kanopy (video only) and Hoopla (multimedia) are two papers widely used in Canada and the US. There are other and international providers, but I don't remember them off the top of my head.

    Ofcourse, they don't have the same content as the big streaming companies, licenses and all, but there's plenty to be enjoyed if you're not keeping up with the latest streaming shows anyway. (I watch TV shows on the broadcaster website the day after they air on TV.)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Some do have streaming services. In Germany there is filmfriend.de for movies and the NAXOS Music Library. For big productions and everything else than classical music they still loan physical media, but it's a good start.

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