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[–] axby@lemmy.ca 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (33 children)

I may have missed it, but does he (or anyone else) have recommendations for options to simply pay for content and get high quality DRM free files (edit: I mean legally)?

And how much of a pain in the ass is it to buy DVD box sets and rip them? Presumably that’s legal for personal use? Is that the only way? :(

I have some additional frustrations with Netflix:

  • they have removed some shows that I like
  • if you travel to another country, you can’t always watch the same shows— even if you downloaded them within the app
  • they completely remove some episodes: the episode of community where they play Dungeons and Dragons, and (other streaming services) remove the Michael Jackson Simpsons episode.
  • extremely user hostile way to browse content. They always move your list around and show the same show in multiple places
  • I absolutely hate how all these streaming services auto play to the next episode. You can often change this behaviour. But my partner sometimes casts it to our TV and the damn app (Disney+ in this case, I think) changes the interface just as you get to the credits. I want to sit in peace and let the credits play, and discuss the episode. But it tries to shove another one down your throat, presumably to “maximize engagement”. (I get it for content that you’re binging or are re watching. But this is horrible if you’re just watching an episode during dinner and don’t want to have to scramble to stop the autoplay as soon as it ends)
[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

options to simply pay for content and get high quality DRM free files (edit: I mean legally)?

Lmao. Heard of geoblocking? My Jellyfin instance has no geoblocking tho. 🙆

[–] axby@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, good point. I had briefly heard of this and was shocked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

For anyone who hasn't heard:

This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus those without any region code).

This definitely furthers the original post's point. And he may have even mentioned it.

It's infuriating that you can pay for something and then move, and lose your collection. This comes to mind: https://xkcd.com/488/

[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

This is way the piracy is the only way to enjoy content without any bullshit.

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