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      free streaming service owned by FOX (not the disney one, the one that was formed out of the assets that disney didnt buy) that has a bunch of stuff on there, a lot of obscure stuff but also cool stuff like classic doctor who and farscape and old shows like everybody hates chris. idk i just like that its free and at times more convenient than pirating because i already always use a vpn

      in May it was the most watched streaming service in the US, beating even Disney plus.

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      Also no ads using ublock. Minimal when not using one, and they let you know when they’re coming.

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        Sounds like they are in the phase of trying to get their share of the market before enshittification ensues, watch it while it’s hot!

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          I would say “don’t say it or it will come true”, but I don’t believe in the saying, and we all know that’s probably their plans already(what you said in your reply).

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      I cannot describe how good it was when I first launched Stremio and discovered you could find virtually anything, from the extremely recent, still in cinemas, to old historical stuff. I just watched Furiosa, then rolled that into Fury Road, then went back and watched the original Mad Max franchise, all from the same interface. It was almost as easy as it would have been on a regular streaming service, and I never had any question in my mind that it would all be available.

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      The only Real answer.

      I had a friend who’d pay 1k in total for all the online avoidable subscriptions, reason it’s “had” not have is sometimes stupid reaches an intolerable point of no return

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    The fact that Tubi exists basically applies clown makeup to all the other streaming services. Like, Tubi shows me ads as or less frequently as the payed services and I don’t need to make an account to use it. That’s a huge plus for me personally as I’m tired of account bloat.

    It doesn’t have every show or movie ever but no streaming services does. Its original shows are totally uninteresting to me, but that’s also true of 95% of new original shows on other streaming services. I ain’t about to shell out 8 dollars a month and sit through 10 minutes of ads every hour just to watch a couple of prestige shows.

    And there are plenty of options for watching everything, for free, without ads, assuming you’re willing to jump through a couple hoops.

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      How can installing software and downloading compatible file types be seen as jumping through hoops?

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        It’s not hard, it just takes time and attention to set up properly. And a lot of people are scared of messing it up.

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    I prefer Pluto over Tubi

    If you’re gonna have garbage to stream, might as well put on whatever random garbage at random time automatically so I don’t waste time trying to decide on stuff I ultimately don’t care about.

    Plus you get some live news, though mostly rightwing crap depending on where you live and also you can stream some stuff on demand

    Edit: having top gear, some comedy central stuff, southpark and csi channels for reruns is neat and they don’t seem to care if you use VPN to watch US/UK/Canadian content (not sure where else it’s available)

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        Pluto is like TV used to be. You turn on the TV and it’s on the channel you last watched. There is no step 2.

        If you want to scroll through endless categories looking for something specific to watch like a streaming service, it has that too.

        But I frequently turn on the DS9 channel and leave it on all day despite having all the episodes on my Plex.

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        That’s exactly what it is, I’ve grown tired of streaming services, heaps of complete irrelevant content suggestions, so Pluto+torrents are much more convenient for random TV or stuff I actually want to watch and don’t have to figure out which streaming service has it.

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      That’s extra work to filter out background right wing propaganda as a way to relax? Am I understanding the proposal?

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      I dropped Crunchyroll after they told me to turn off my ad blocker after I been paying for months, it was around the same time they got caught pushing views with bad translations. They lived long enough to be the villain.

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        Ahh, shit. I haven’t encountered that yet. I enjoy it while it lasts then 🫡

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          It was years ago, shortly after they started operating legitimately. I think the drama was they washed out yuri implications from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and found other translations have been unfaithful enough to change plot elements.

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            Maybe it’s because I am using U-Block Origins or because I am living in the EU but I just tried it and it didn’t ask me to switch off anything :p

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              It was years ago, I just happen to hold a grudge like that for life.

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    I have the same relationship with paramount+

    … Only because I have a free trial for a few more months, then it’s out the door with the rest

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      See, this is kind of my opinion about streaming services, I ain’t gonna pay them anything unless they’re picking up independent projects I want supported.

      I’m certainly not going to pay them for designed by corporate committee drivel that makes up 95% of original streaming content.

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    don’t understand the this free with no required login option is better comments. tubi, plex, pluto, roku, crackle, cw, whatever. heck even youtube sill allows no login access.