“Hmm… Netflix usually sucks, they probably wont have it. I’m just gonna say I’ll watch Y off my hard drive instead. But let’s still confirm that Netflix doesn’t have X…”
Next thing you know, I’m watching Y off my hard drive.
Streaming services suck so much nowdays that I already resolve myself to watching something else before I even finish checking. Gotta shield myself from disappointment. Why would you pay for each channel on a TV? Just get the hard copy at that point…
This. I feel like watching Das Boot. Okay, it streams on Fubo. Maybe I’ll watch K-19. No, that one is on Peacock. The Hunt for Red October? No, it’s on HBO Max.
Do they really expect me to subscribe to all those different services when I could just put it into Radarr and have it a few minutes later?
Yes, they really do. There’s nothing that business types love more than smelling their own bad ideas and thinking it’s genius.
You can be sure that a CEO on $10 million thinks regular people would think nothing of subscribing to ten different services because he does personally, so what’s the big deal?
Heh, that’s usually the plan - except I don’t wanna have to wait for it to finish. But then I go back the next day to get it running before I leave the house, and it’s finished before I can even get out the door!
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Eventually you’ll reach the point where instead of checking Netflix for X and settling for Y locally, you’ll just download X and watch it.
This. I feel like watching Das Boot. Okay, it streams on Fubo. Maybe I’ll watch K-19. No, that one is on Peacock. The Hunt for Red October? No, it’s on HBO Max.
Do they really expect me to subscribe to all those different services when I could just put it into Radarr and have it a few minutes later?
Yes, they really do. There’s nothing that business types love more than smelling their own bad ideas and thinking it’s genius.
You can be sure that a CEO on $10 million thinks regular people would think nothing of subscribing to ten different services because he does personally, so what’s the big deal?
I downloaded The Lighthouse and later found out that Netflix has it. I have Netflix, but it’s mostly for the kids.
Heh, that’s usually the plan - except I don’t wanna have to wait for it to finish. But then I go back the next day to get it running before I leave the house, and it’s finished before I can even get out the door!
Set your client to download pieces sequentially. VLC will play it while it downloads in the background. Probably other players too.