For a while, streaming was better than any alternative. However over the last several year prices have a spike while the collections available for streaming have shrunk and splintered. Then a bunch of the streaming sites started adding ads for their paying customers.

At this point streaming servcies have been enshitified enough to make piracy again the better experience.

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seanw444 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Can confirm. The only streaming service I use anymore is Disney+, and I only have it because I like to watch the new Star Wars stuff when it releases at good quality. Everything else I care to watch, which isn't much besides older stuff, I'll just torrent now.

Greedy companies really need to heed Gabe Newell's words.

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bombcar 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Even Disney+ is crappier than Netflix in the streaming heyday - there are Disney Junior shows that Disney+ didn’t have (maybe still doesn’t).

Buying DVDs and ripping to Jellyfin is much easier.

	▲	seanw444 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Why do the ripping myself when the torrents are mostly all rips other people already did?

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int_19h 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I still subscribe to some of the services, but the experience has deteriorated sufficiently that at this point I rip all videos I care about and then watch them in Plex.