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Meanwhile I just discovered Jellyfin has Smart Playlist, Home Screen Section, and Collection Sections plugins so I can make my Jellyfin home page exactly like Netflix/my old video store without a price hike. :)
not my problem
I need to go return some videotapes/DVDs.
It will still cost me the same amount 🏴☠️
DAE remember Kim's Video in NYC? The main store was 4 floors of rentable media in a skinny former tenement building on St. Marks with a yellow/black facade. They had every movie imaginable from all over the world mostly in DVD and VHS formats in nondescript black cases, sorted by nationality and then director. You'd pick a case and bring it to the art students manning the desk, they'd judge your tastes without subtlety then go into the vault in the back and return with the media. Members only, no more than two rentals at a time, strict late fees. Friends and I were there every day or so rotating out an endless stream of cinema.
It's kinda silly that I wouldn't pay a cent for a streaming service but if local video stores came back, I'm go every week.
Can we go back doc?
This is all because I never returned those DVDs in 2006, isn't it.
"Don't ask questions, just consume product and get excited for next product."
laughs in jellyfin
Do people expect the price to go down?
I'm confused
No, but back in 2012 no one expected the amount and quality of the content to go down so drastically either.
You’re continuously paying more for less.
Do people expect the price to go down?
Actually yeah that would be great. After all, Netflix is raking in more profit than ever (this chart represents earnings after expenses are removed):
That's billions. Billions of dollars every year that's just.. extra. Where the fuck are they wasting all this money that requires them to raise prices instead of lowering them?
I mean, we all know it goes to funding the Epstein class and making the world a worse place for everyone else, but it should go towards making their service better and cheaper.
Let's stop normalizing the predatory nature of capitalism, and instead be surprised when people don't expect better.
The profit metric they look at isn't profit itself, but actually year-over-year profit increases.
That's the imaginary money line that tells shareholders and execs how much the actual money line has gone up since last year. When a big company says they're operating "in the red", they're still making ungodly amounts of profit - just not as much as last year.
They expect to at least get the same service for their money. Instead, it's gotten worse while also getting more expensive.
Peobably to stay the same for longer
Parasites
My piracy continues.
👏Line👏 must👏 go👏 up!!👏📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈