After spending 10 years watching Netflix I've been driven back to piracy due to the amount of streaming options basically making it look like cable again. I don't want to manage my subscriptions every month to make sure I'm paying for the ones that have the shows I want to watch.
Cancelling shows, transferring shows from one to the other, moving shows from that basic plan you subscribe to into a higher tier which is even more money per month, etc.
Now I pay $20 a year for an android box that streams pirated content from every streamer and movie releases. So much easier, I would pay $20+ a month for it if it were legal.
2This meme was likely made in 2017 and is no longer the case. If I have to manage and shuffle my subscriptions according to the content they’re currently showing - then it isn’t slightly more convenient but the opposite. Meanwhile piracy is as easy as typing “moviename” into Radarr and voila, 1080p ready within minutes
1Hey do you have any tutorials on your setup?
0I’m a bit more old school in the way I do things, I usually read through the documentation first before installing software to ensure I optimize it to the fullest, however, writing “setting up Jellyfin/Sonarr/Radarr” in the YouTube search bar will lead you to a detailed tutorial for your respective operating system.
If you’re completely new to self-hosting, install Ubuntu Server. If you’re a bit more experienced, go with Debian.
1
I put on my robe and
wizardpirate hat1Do you know how I watch movies? I got a single board computer running Linux that’s hooked to my TV. There, I open brave or Firefox with ad blockers and I search “Watch movies online” in a foreign language. Then I get to see any movie I want. Oh yeah, and I keep a VPN running at the router level, although it’s not really needed.
1
the netflix thing was the most idiotic, obnoxious bullshit i've ever seen -- really acting like using a website somewhere else was something THEY got to gatekeep and charge for. it's not like they had to mail DVDs somewhere else, like it was a physical cost.
1
