this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026
224 points (98.7% liked)

Frugal

6009 readers
2 users here now

Discuss how to save money.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For streaming, Debrid and Stremio!

Your local public library!

Buying physical media.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've had a shit town of issues lately with Stremio + Torrentio to the point where if I can watch one full episode of a show without a major interruption, it's a mialracle

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use AIOStream instead of Torrentio as a plugin personally. Though when it comes to downtime it's usually the debrid service that is down. I only experienced that once with Premiumize in the last year I've been using them.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I'll check it out.

I will build a Jellyfin server soon to get rid of stremio altogether

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There's also that free streaming site if you have a library card here in the US

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago