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[–] Fiddler@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Spotify. The convenience is unbeatable.

And nothing else. Don't feel like I need to have any other services. They are all "nice to have". I don't really have much time to watch anything these days so paying a fixed amount to watch perhaps one season per month seems wasteful.

[–] Artbro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] PooperofmoonsWW@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Netflix, Amazon, f1tv

[–] bluemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

YouTubeTV and Netflix

[–] cashew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I used to have Netflix until I moved country and they blocked me out of my own account. Fuck them, cancelled. To the seas with their content.

[–] WorseDoughnut@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

HBO Max comes with my ISP's fiber plan, and I like that they get 4K releases relatively quick out of theater from certain studios. If they ever fuck with the pricing or bundle I'm on though, I'm outta there.

[–] webuge@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Amazon prime and YouTube Premium Family.

[–] pillems@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Wow and here I thought I've spent too much on subscriptions!

  • Plex lifetime pass (through Turkey)
  • Whatever close to 100% cashback VPN provider, currently with PIA
  • Seedbox, paid annually
  • Prime for shipping occasionally, I can find the torrent for the shows elsewhere so rarely use it to watch anything

I don't use Youtube often, so NewPipe on mobile and uBlock Origin on browsers are sufficient so far. XManager for Spotify as well.

May consider paying for Tidal (through Turkey), but don't really see the need at the moment.

Why do people pay for common streaming subscriptions when they can just pirate?

[–] Grad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Can be pirated

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

None (yet), although having everything available through my siblings (Netflix, Disney, prime, hbo and sky).

Despite that still have to pirate some movies and TV shows lol.

[–] Hinmar@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Spotify and Amazon prime, prime is not only for streaming ofcourse

[–] sillieidiot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Spotify, yttv during football season, premiumize and syncler for everything else

Qobuz, Spotify, Apple TV. Some Android apps like MyFitnessPal.

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I get Apple TV and Netflix free through T-Mobile. I use plex for everything else 🙂 I might buy a shudder subscription though. I like horror

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

seedbox or vps(torrent) in a privacy/legal protected country may be a viable alternative for mainstream movie or tv shows.
https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=country%20internet%20privacy%20law

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 1 year ago

YouTube, Netflix

[–] tj@kbin.chat 1 points 1 year ago

Netflix, HBO and Disney+

[–] specks@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Personally pay for:

  • Crunchyroll
  • Hi-Dive (has some good picks that Crunchyroll doesn't, but for the most part simulcast selection is much smaller and inferior to Crunchyroll. Site and app functionality are also inferior)
  • Vudu - Also have bought/curated a large collection of movies/tv series on Vudu, with most of the Movies being shared to movies anywhere (wish there was a similar service for TV series).
  • TWiT (This Week in Tech) podcast network club membership (free for most podcasts, but want to support the network)

Others in the family pay for in descending order of usage:

  • Youtube Premium (would still watch most without premium, just it's paid for already)
  • Netflix [strict instructions to never keep for me, cancel if they try to force it]
  • Hulu [primary for newer one punch man seasons, and upcoming new futurama season]
  • Prime [...for shopping, but you know, prime streaming is included]
[–] SeatBeeSate@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Usenet! That's a streaming service, right?

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