If I was a subscriber, I’d quit. But I’m a pirate instead. Fuck all of ‘em.
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2025
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Then you're already doing your part.
Right? Couldn't pay me to use Disney. Even Netflix I only liked during the DVD era. Streaming selection was always crap with maybe 1 actual show or movie you wanted to see.
Next step: "It is un-American not to have Disney+ in your household. Only members of Antifa or trans people don't have Disney+. It will be mandatory for every patriotic God loving US citizen to have Disney+ in their home and on at least three hours per week. Anyone found not to be watching the party approved level of Disney programming will be taxed $21.99 per month and the proceeds put into a new 'Mickey Patriot Fund'."
Wait, do these guys seriously have beef with antifa to call someone out for being antifa like that? Or is that just an exaggeration? Genuinely don't know what to believe nowadays lmao.
Be aware: Newsweek has a history of posting stories that placate and reassure the non-MAGA crowd. I don't 100% trust their intentions as an organization. Kamala Harris was definitely going to win according to Newsweek, the week before the election.
A bigger deal to them is the theme parks and cruises.
Not only are those big money makers, they're also easier for news crews to see and report on.
See also: setup a public wifi share box to help your neighbors scale back on subscriptions
I didn't have a Disney channel to unsubscribe from so I cancelled my Apple subscription.
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I wrote to them and told them that ABC has been my news supplier for decades, but now I'll be switching to NBC. I'll also be cancelling my HULU sub.
As for their broadcast content, I told them that I will either pirate it, or watch it in TIVO, and skip the ads. That's what really hurts them.
All media companies do not serve entertainment as their core business. They are literally nothing more than advertising platforms. That's where 100% of their revenues comes from. The entertainment is just bait, to make us sit on our couch, and hopefully be too lazy too move our fat asses when the ads come on.
So threatening to consume their expensive bait without consuming their revenue-producing ads, really hurts.
I'm sure the CEO got the message
Probably not a great idea to tell Disney in writing you will pirate their content.
Eh, Fuck them, what are they going to do about it? You think I gave them my name and address?
Besides, I haven't done anything wrong. I just told them of my intention, and that's not illegal. Maybe I'll follow through, maybe I won't. I'm Schrodinger's Pirate.
Yeah okay, just noting safety for anyone reading
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Don’t you still pay your cable provider if you TiVo ABC? Cable providers pay retransmission fees to the networks.
It's not a perfect system, but it still hurts them. They won't be satisfied with SOME of the money, they want it ALL.
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We cancelled ours.
I've already started my journey to replace all streaming services with jellyfin anyway so i will be cancelling mine too.
This jimmy kimmel business just sweetens the deal.
got an old raspberry pi set up as a jump box with a tailscale vpn so i can remotely power up my pc from anywhere and watch anything i have downloaded. Just need to get a dedicated server and storage, either nas or internal in a larger tower. But for now its working really well.
Aoostar makes some really great tiny NAS devices based on the Intel N100/N150 series, and they also have an AMD unit if that's your jam (it's mine). If you buy the one with built in main storage it comes with Windows 11 Pro installed but you can wipe that and install Linux or a dedicated NAS OS if you wish. Or just save money and throw a NVMe SSD in for the OS and a bunch of HDDs for media and go to town.
The best part is you can buy direct from Aoostar, no need to buy from Amazon though they are offered there too.
https://aoostar.com/collections/nas-series
I also like UGREEN's NAS offerings, they come with their own custom NAS OS that supports Docker so you can run all your *arrs and Jellyfin and other server apps as containers. The web-based interface is like using a normal Linux or macOS desktop.
See you on the high seas, matey.
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Do you have a good, idiot-friendly, guide on how to set up JellyFin? I tried once but wasn't able to get anything to stream.
I've had trouble getting Jellyfish to stream anything. The error message it gives you in the client GUI make it sound like the problem is client-side, but it always ends up being permissions on the server (for me, anyway).
I ended up having to move my media drive into /mnt/ (rather than /mnt//) and allow Jellyfin to access that folder - the Jellyfin service needs permissions.
The Jellyfin log files will show you that is having trouble accessing the files of this is the issue.
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got an old raspberry pi set up as a jump box with a tailscale vpn so i can remotely power up my pc from anywhere and watch anything i have downloaded. Just need to get a dedicated server and storage, either nas or internal in a larger tower. But for now its working really well.
cyberpunk is now.
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The suspension of the show has been met with condemnation and praise from both sides of the political spectrum.
Who on the left is praising it? Is this deliberate bullshit by Newsweek, or just careless copyediting?
It's really sloppy wordmanship but I think what it's supposed to be saying is that the news has been met with both condemnation and praise from across the political spectrum aka condemnation from the left, and praise from the right. So technically the statement is true, but clumsily written.
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