Stolen from mastodon

Their caption “look, it’s all my favorite streaming services on one platform!” Is probably better than mine lol

  • Carrot@lemmy.today
    4·
    56 minutes ago

    Hi, if you want to set up a safe, fully-automated streaming service that you can connect to from any device, reach out to me. The only cost to you is the VPN and hard drives if you already have a computer.

    You can have your own media server that automatically downloads all the new episodes of shows you want across all streaming services, and your friends and family can even request movies/shows they want to see from a web UI and those will also be automatically downloaded. All using free and open source software. Completely ad free.

    Anyone here that also knows how to set this up should also offer to help others, as it is pretty much the only way to break free from streaming services.

    • Lukas Murch@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      2·
      8 minutes ago

      Carrot, if you are able to point us torrent-curious folk in a direction, that would be most appreciated. (I currently have a Superbox, but have used Plex in the past.)

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
    52·
    7 hours ago

    Alldebrid + Kodi/Stremio

    Gives you the convenience of streaming an app with the massive catalog you get from pirating.

      • clubb@lemmy.world
        10·
        5 hours ago

        Where I live it’s actually free, and has books movies and music! They used to have a wii in the children section!

    • justsomeguy@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 hours ago

      While there, pick up some books. I stumbled into my library 2 years ago and picked some books up. Got sucked into exzessive smartphone use before that and could barely read more than 10 minutes without getting restless or sleepy. Took a while to recondition myself to just sitting in a chair and reading but it‘s so much better than endless scrolling.

      Fuck the endless barrage of subscription services. Imma just sit in me chair, read me book and torrent the occasional movie.

          • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
            15·
            9 hours ago

            It was only a better place when access was gatekept by universities and research institutes. Once the general public was allowed in, carpetbaggers from Florida (the same sorts who would get into crypto a generation later) realised that you could flood the discussion forums the trusting natives had built with spam for no cost, and if even one person out of millions took the bait, you’d come out on top. It became a blasted wasteland soon after that, with people retreating to mailing lists.

      • omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works
        131·
        10 hours ago

        tl;dr: You download files from a server you pay to access. Faster and more secure (assuming you trust the server host).

        I use Eweka and NZBGeek as my indexer. If you don’t have access to fancy private torrent networks then this is a much less painful experience than having to navigate torrent sites these days. Combine with *aar and life is pretty sweet.

        • white_nrdy@programming.dev
          21·
          6 hours ago

          It’s very sweet. Gonna through DrunkenSlug in as well. I’ve used geek, eweka, slug, and abnzb. I currently use geek and slug. Eweka is also great, just didn’t re-up. Abnzb is meh.

    • Pandasdontfly@lemmy.today
      52·
      11 hours ago

      Kinda? Kind of bad for anything that’s new though but anything that’s older than the last decade it is amazing.

      • CronyAkatsuki@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz
        91·
        11 hours ago

        What? I’m in 3 private torrent trackers, and have usenet also and 90% of stuff I grab with *arr software are from usenet, even stuff that’s new/releasing rn have best releases on usenet.

        Only way torrent is better is if you get into those super private trackers but otherwise usenet is still better in my case.

    • JohnScig@lemmy.world
      12·
      11 hours ago

      All kidding aside, AppleTV os the goat. Very little slop (unlike netflix), varied content (unlike Amazon), no endless pointless sequels and spinoffs (unlike Disney+). I hate apple, but credit where it’s due, AppleTV rules.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
        6·
        5 hours ago

        For two very important reasons. Apple doesn’t make shit, they don’t sit in the writers’ room, they don’t produce, they don’t interfere with the creation of their originals on any level. They buy IP rights and then hire experts to do all the work.

        The second reason is Apple is spending more per episode of their originals than anyone else, including Netflix.

        Sanctity of the creative process and a whole lotta money will get you very good content.