Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month::Number of devices you can stream from simultaneously is decreasing, too.
“Grandfathered in” but they’re changing terms.
Fuckers can’t even be honest about what “grandfathered in” means.
also, my $15.99 plan went up to $18.99 in the last year or so anyway
I’ve been meaning to look into setting up my own home streaming solution like jellyfin or whatever but I’m very lazy. These companies are going to force me off my ass.
It’s real easy. Just like what plex used to be. Do it. Mullvad, jellyfin, arrr,
Is Plex not it anymore? I’m not really privy to details but my wife runs a Plex server that we can access from anywhere. It’s free and we each have our own profiles. Even my parents have a profile.
My shit won’t stay logged in on my server. No reason for it. I’ve Googled my self to death over it.
Installed jellyfin, works first time, haven’t looked back since.
Imo they’re both really good, and I like running both in parallel because some of my friends still prefer the Plex apps and UX (for example in both you can click on an actor to see other things they are in, but in jellyfin it’s limited to what you have downloaded. Plex’s optional discover feature means it knows about everything you don’t have too, so you can click on an actor and see stuff that’s not downloaded, watchlist something, then let overseerr send it to the *arr apps)
The rest of my setup would be identical if I was just running Plex or jellyfin and when they idle they don’t use any CPU, so I don’t see much of a reason not to run both and let people decide which one they like. They also both use quicksync, though I had to change some settings manually in jellyfin to get it to work. I just point them both to the same media folder and it just works.
For an easier alternative, check out stremio + torrentio + real-debrid.
Sigh, they really want people to learn how to use torrents it seems.
This year I had 6 streaming services (Netflix, Disney, Apple, Crave (HBO in Canada), Prime and Paramount)
I turned off Netflix for the first time in 12 years this month. Disney will go soon. I probably won’t renew Crave again this year unless they have another big black Friday deal. If Prime charges more on top of their regular service I won’t be upgrading. Apple is still cheap enough and I can trade PC points (Canadian loyalty points for a chain of pharmacies and grocery stores). That just leaves Paramount which is all my mother-in-law watches.
I’ve got the full arr system up and running and I’ll be buying a couple 20tb hard drives if they go on sale during black Friday
I got an email from disney+ saying my yearly plan is going from $119 CAD to $149.99 CAD on Dec 7th
My actual plan expires near the end of 2024 due to a promo I have right now which paused my yearly plan that I already paid for.
We wanted to let you know that effective November 1, 2023, your plan will be called Disney+ Premium and will increase in price from your current price of $119.99 to $149.99 per year. The price adjustment will take effect on 07 December 2023. Your payment method on file will be charged unless you cancel your subscription before then.
The above makes it sound like they’re going to charge me the difference if I don’t cancel, and not honor their yearly price I already paid.
This why you should sail the seas
They also lowered the number of simultaneous access from 3 to 2. I cancelled my subscription immediately. They can make those profits off someone else.
They need to make more profit next year than they did last year. This is how that happens and will happen almost every year from now on
If these streaming platforms had an “I don’t care about all of this HDR bullshit, 1080p is fine for me” level at a few bucks cheaper, I would take it every time.
But they would find a way to keep doing what they’re doing to keep profits up. They’d start putting ads in before the show started or something. Make other tiers and do just like what they’re doing here and move you into one that will cost more. You can’t pick a service & price without them fucking you over on price or service eventually. .
I’m sure they would, but it was a nice thought.
This is a weird move to me. My initial inclination is to cancel whenever my service gets shittier for the same price but the yearly Ultimate plan is cheaper than what we were paying before so I wonder how they came up with this…
They’re trying to shake people out of a contract that favors a set price, not prone to sudden increases. The Ultimate plan looks great now, then in a year it will be double the cost and in another year it’ll be double again.
If it’s cheaper now they’re just suckering people in until they double the price with 5 days warning.
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My phone carrier started giving out HBO with the plan I’ve had for a decade now, otherwise I would have dropped them
The craziest part to me is they don’t even offer an option to upgrade plans people got via tmo or their cable provider…whatever, you have to sign up for a new account if you want 4k, so it’s an additional 20$ a month to keep 4k if you pay your ISP for HBO already
Why don’t we call it grandmother policy? Pthhhh. The matriarchy gets away with a lot these days. Here we are, just innocently minding our own business…
