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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

People buy a pile of rotting shit and then wonder why it stinks.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I finally gave up when they started blanking out my home page as I turned off history... I don't even miss it

[–] girthero@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I just got a notification that Amazon Prime is doing the same with grandafathered accounts allowed across households.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Run a personal VPN server at the home address and have external users route through it. I'd think it'd work for any subscription service doing this crap. I'm surprised nobody has started selling a turnkey self-hosted VPN device that even a non-techie can get running in a few steps - all the end users would need is an app that does split tunneling for the media players.

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More people need to use Peertube.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Peertube needs monetization and the ability for people peer without self-hosting. A torrent client of sorts.

The product, in it's current form cannot replace Youtube. Youtube gives you traffic, a free place to host even your crappiest footage, and money if enough people start watching it regularly.

Peertube isn't free, it's just someone else footing the bill, which breaks under load.

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

It's always nice when the garbage takes itself out. And if you're inconvenienced, I feel for you, but the writing has been on the wall for years. They will keep trying to suck more money out of you every way they can until you cancel your subscription, and because that's going to happen in the end, why not cancel it today.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One would wonder how they'd know that but then again, one knows.

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[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well fuck. It never crossed my mind that YouTube would do this since I don’t view it the same as other traditional streaming services. This will really suck for my friends who I’ve happily let mooch off my plan for years.

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