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What subscription finally gave you "subscription fatigue"? (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Learned the term recently and really enjoy it, subscription fatigue is the feeling we all have had now where we are just over how everything is subscription based.

Which one was the last straw or most annoying/frustrating to you?

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago (20 children)

Netflix, and when they said I'd have to pay for password sharing for my stepkids, because they use my account when they're at their dad's.

That was the last straw. I cracked the shits, bought a couple of ex-enterprise servers, and setup ... something different. I then cancelled all streaming services (I got wind of the second Disney hike coming).

The cool thing is they now email me with cheap rejoin offers, telling me about all the cool shows I need to be aware of. ;)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (18 children)

How are your kids coping with, uh, something different? I imagine it's a tad less convenient, even with your server. Also, I haven't done something different since the rise of Netflix. Is the quality of something different generally higher with streaming services just putting their content on the internet themselves?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (11 children)

I admit, last time I tried something different years ago, it wasn't that good, but thought I'd give it another go. I'd bought a lifetime pass way back, so had nothing to lose by trying.

The kids are coping fine - the apps for something different are all pretty rock-solid now - macOS, iOS, Android, Chromecast GTV. Plus I'm on a decent fibre internet connection, so even full high quality things work just fine when they're not at home. Honestly, there's not a lot of difference, except my catalogue of things is better than any single service.

Plus I take requests. :D Actually, I allow automated processing of requests, within certain limits.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why tf are you guys talking in code

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Arrrrrrr.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No one cares if you pirate...what are they gonna do, track your lemmy account?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Lemmy is banning sea faring communities.

Edit: lemmy.world to be specific

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

lemmy.world is, not others

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

You mean lemmy.world? Nowhere else bans it to my knowledge. Pretty sure Lemmy itself doesn't and can't ban anything.