Just rage canceled Paramount+ after seeing the 1 minute of unstoppable ads before each episode.
Then they’ll say people don’t want to pay for content…ffs
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If you’re paying for a service and you still get ads on it, you’re getting scammed.
See exhibit A: Cable TV
Paramount are yet another company who do not have enough content to justify their own streaming services.
They put billboards everywhere, and each one lists like 6 shows that I couldn’t give a fuck about. They’ve not even got enough content for a billboard, let alone a paid for service.
I just use it for Star Trek. Once I’ve finished Lower Decks and TOS I’m cancelling.
DM me if you need help setting something up to replace it
I appreciate it. I’m trying to get familiar with rss and the sort. I am just a bit scared of the rabbit hole where I’ll end up dedicating a whole room of the house to selfhosting lol
I’ve dedicated one single machine to self hosting and I never plan on increasing that. It’s just one big beefy hunk that has a shitty CPU and lots of RAM and HDD space.
Sonarr/Radarr/qBit/Plex is all that’s needed. I pay $5/mo ($15/3mo) for AirVPN and that’s all.
That’s what you get for paying for Paramount+.
For us, we have to watch the unskippable ad during Star Trek Picard, then it jumps back 10 minutes in the episode so we need to fast forward to get back to our place. This has been going on for several episodes.
You could just buy the bluray.
Or pirate it.
Or I could just buy the bluray.
We aren’t all savages you know. I get my media in style.
Provided it’s available in your location, and still being sold/produced. Furthermore Blurays are only going to be harder to find as time goes on with companies like Best Buy stating that they’ll no longer be selling them.
I just bought it off of ebay
Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
Do what you want ‘cuz a pirate is free
I just got star trek Picard in my jellyfin instance. I have a hdhomerun that is used for live TV and recording live TV like older star trek.
No DRM and I control it all
But then you have to watch Picard 😢
hdhomerun
No DRM
Until ATSC 3.0 is forced on everyone, at least if you’re in the USA :/
ATSC 3.0 is the next version of the protocol used for over-the-air digital TV in the USA. It has some good parts, for example it uses H.265 instead of MPEG2 which allows for 4K TV at lower bitrates to what 1080p uses today, and 1080p at significantly lower bitrates.
However, it also supports DRM and encryption, and all the major networks are already encrypting their broadcasts. TVs need an internet connection to get the decryption key, and can’t store recordings in a decrypted format.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTc5OWrDic
If you rely on antenna TV, please write to the FCC in opposition of the encryption: https://blog.lon.tv/2023/07/10/the-fcc-responds-to-my-atsc-3-encryption-complaint-they-want-to-hear-from-you/
If you’re not in the USA… Just ignore me lol
