As if the Prime Video app couldn’t get any worse.
Cancel your sub and don’t renew it. This shit will only continue getting worse if people continue paying for it
I canceled Prime as soon as they announced they were adding ads and I let them know that was the reason. Fuck them. We moved to streaming because it wasn’t cable, now these fuck heads are trying to turn streaming into cable. Capitalism is the fucking worst.
I’m busy with work lately, but I’m investing into setting up Jellyfin, and the moment that’s running, I’m canceling as well.
Would cancel sooner, but I’m not the one that actually uses it, so this was the compromise.
Trash guides.
That’ll get you sorted.
The arrs are amazing
Yeah, I’ve got a full *arr setup so far - just need to iron out a few kinks before I can consider it “done”. Mainly just dealing with my server computer being incredibly slow with - I assume - transcoding.
If you’re steaming on your local network you should be able to disable transcoding on your clients.
Ahh, I didn’t know that was an option. I’ll give it a shot - thanks!
Man for me it’s the iGPU via Intel.
I have an i3 with an Intel IGPU and it’ll murder any transcode I throw at it.
If you don’t want to rebuild… I think a quadro 2000? Is the sweet spot for cost vrs power.
But do your own research… I’m really rusty when it comes to suggesting gpus for servers.
https://www.serverbuilds.net/ is a great resource for that stuff. They have handy transcode guides there
Sadly, my current server is an old all-in-one, so adding a GPU will be difficult. My plan is to make due for now until I can get some proper hardware.
The current plan is - rather than bringing the hardware up to spec - I’ll try bringing the spec down to the hardware, by pre-encoding everything to something like H264. (While keeping originals, since I have the space.)
Thank you for the response and the resource, though! I’ll definitely check it out!
When my server crashes… I’m going tiny. Beelink S12 Pro Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz), 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB PCIe SSD, Desktop Computer Support 4K Dual Display/USB3.2/WiFi 6/BT5.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office https://a.co/d/gZYihvd
And a 3.2 enclosure
Mediasonic USB 3.2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type C | USB-C (HF7-SU31C) Support 18TB HDD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078YQHWYW
And you’re welcome!
Good luck!
Ditto, but Plex. I know Plex has its issues, but I need stability and ease of use since I share streaming apps with 4 other households.
Plex works on my truenas server with no dedicated gpu. Jellyfin didn’t. Simple as.
Jellyfin is the way. I’ve been running my server for 2 years now
I only have it because I have prime for shopping. If they were separate fees, I would not have streaming.
Same, and even that is getting worse. I feel like I have to fight with the search algorithm to actually find what I want for the best price. Most of the time, I could order something better from another retailer for a better price and still get free shipping. They don’t even do free returns anymore.
Same. And I still steal Prime videos. Why hassle?
Just because I have the service doesn’t mean I don’t also have backups some items.
I hope they know I’m not watching anything on their platform.
I started acquiring my prime videos elsewhere even though I have prime
Say it out loud. We’re both pirating content we’ve paid for. What a dumb system.
“vampire.”
I deleted my Amazon account a couple years ago and haven’t looked back. Everyone has their own needs, but I’m just letting you know: it can be done!
And become a pirate!
I don’t pay for prime for the video though, I do it because 10 members of my family like the 2 day shipping lol the video is just icing that we honestly rarely use. Just “The Boys” and “Clarksons Farm” really
I actually get Prime TV series from the high seas even though I’m subscribed to Prime. It’s simply better UX this way.
It’s shocking how bad their ui is. I don’t get it.
I never used Prime Video, and I cancelled my Prime subscription in protest against this shit. Never going back.
I do the same with a bunch of content. It’s amazing how I’m able to run a streaming service from my basement that’s better than Disney or Amazon.
Amazon also horrifically mangles and compresses their video for seemingly no reason all the time.
It’s not for no reason, it’s to lower bandwidth costs. It may not be a reason that benefits you but there is definitely a reason.
Yup 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
I watched Fallout with torrentio, even though I have prime logged in on my TV.
It is insane to me how piracy is making a comeback because decision makers forgot Gabe’s lesson
What’s Gabe’s lesson?
“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem,”
“If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”
And I haven’t pirated a game in I don’t even know how long now because of Steam.
TV show? Last week.
I’ve only pirated one game recently and that’s only because you can’t really get it legally anymore.
Fuck you Microsoft for killing games for windows live and killing a bunch of PC games in the process.
Fuck that BS :(
Jesus christ do these people not understand what “Pause” means? It means my roommate just walked in and wants to discuss something. It means we’re looking at the freeze frame to see some aspect of the shot. It means the same damned collection of events should happen any time a “Pause” control’s been triggered since the invention of playback.
Why are the UX people not fighting them on this? Why does design have to be about breaking everything these days?
UX vet here.
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UX usually never ever has the final say on this stuff. Product management, finance, and marketing almost always win out in most companies. Heck, in just about every agile training that is given, people are taught that product management gets the final vote on whether or not a feature gets prioritized.
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Amazon is famous for being driven by bean counters and analysts. Many of their product development decisions are driven by measurable short term incremental tests. Amazon has never really known how to build physical or digital experiences that people love.
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UX designers present to Directors and VPs; VPs and Directors speak to their C-level; C-level and Board want more money; VPs and Directors tell UX/UI team; UX team complains; designers fired; UI outsourced at 2x rate; Ad driven website achieved; Consumer Satisfaction drops; Revenue increases; Board rich; People poor; Sad
The UX people did have that fight. It ultimately comes down to “take your check and do it, or we can find someone who will”
So why are they taking the checks? Why not fight?
Because it would still get built with our without them. At least this way, they’re the ones getting the checks.
I hope they don’t call themselves “professionals” then
That all sounds great.
Here’s more ads
This deal keeps getting worse all the time.
Pray they don’t alter it any further
Our research shows that we can fill up to 80% of the visual field with ads before we induce seizures!
Pioneering a technique to insert ads into the middle of your seizures so we don’t have to worry about going over 80%
With the Amazon Alexa equipped with the GM-AL Vision System, we can time the ads between vision lapses and achieve nearly 95% ad prevalence in 91% of Prime subs.
With the Extended View VR headset equipped with new eye-opening visuals we are seeing 98% percent ad observation with only a 23% hospitalization rate for blindness and numbness of the zygomatic nerve.
Both the Amazon Alexa with GM-AL and Extended View headset will be available for $99.99 and $249.99, or $49.99 and $149.99 with a prime subscription, this next fiscal quarter.
Any streaming service that tries to combine ads+sub is just as greedy as cable TV and I can’t support that kind of shitty business practice. Ads free or sub no ads. Cancelled each service as they rolled out that trash. Currently only subbed to Criterion and thinking of resubbing to Shudder.
It’s easy though, just pay an extra 36 bucks per year, bringing your total prime sub cost to 176 bucks per year, very reasonable!
Just cancelled my prime today. I don’t watch the video, just use it for delivery
It said “But you’ve save €247 with your prime account since the start!”
Over the last six years I’ve paid about €270 for the prime subscription
Fuck off Amazon
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For us it comes for free from the prime account. I still refuse to watch anything on Prime video, but I believe I’m not pirating because I technically do have access to all these movies/shows. That’s logical right?
Why pay for the prime account? What are you getting out of it?
Have you done the math of what you could do with $140 per year instead?
Can’t speak for them but in my part of the country shipping fees are pretty high, so prime was actually a great thing when they started doing it here, I do save more than I would if instead I shopped for a slightly cheaper version with crazy high shipping in another store.
I watched Into The Spiderverse on Netflix yesterday. The audio was in English but the visuals were in German, which given the style was very distracting. I could not change the video source.
Piracy has always been a better experience, it was just more work for a short time.
Yo ho, yo ho…
Spending all that time and money setting up my homeserver is looking better and better every day…
Adverts are inevitable, these companies cannot help themselves. The temptation to double dip… A subscription from stupid saps and money from advertising. Soon the ads will creep into the other subscription tiers.
Piracy and ad blocking is the only escape.
Guess the vast majority of people are “stupid saps”
Until they’re pushed too far
After almost 20 years as a Prime subscriber I unsubscribed about a week ago. It was the ads, I put up with a lot of nonsense over the years but the ads were the final insult.
I’m not paying full streaming service prices for a service with ads.
I was a long time subscriber as well, but canceled right before Christmas 2022. I missed it for about a week and then I realized most things I “needed immediately” from Amazon I could either 1) drive across town to purchase from brick and mortar or 2) actually just wait for it.
The end result has been me buying less things I don’t need, and buying the things I do need from local retailers (and of course big box stores), or ordering them from other online retailers since the shipping is comparable to Amazon.
2 years in and I don’t miss it at all, will never go back. I do want to watch the Fallout series though.
You can sail the high seas for Fallout. It’s worth it!
As they’ve turned into wish.com over the last few years I’ve bought less and less from them so I by the end I was mainly paying for the TV service.
I don’t see myself gong back either.
I’m proud to say I pirated the fallout show
Oh boy, looks like we’ve got ourselves a swashbuckling pirate in the comment section! Avast ye, matey, 'cause I’m about to drop some knowledge bombs on your scurvy-ridden ship. Here’s why pirating the Fallout TV show is about as cool as a ghoul’s armpit.
First off, let’s get real: pirating is straight-up stealing, plain and simple. You’re swiping that sweet, sweet content without paying a single bottlecap for it. Sure, you might think you’re some kind of digital Robin Hood, sticking it to the greedy corporations. But guess what? Those corporations employ real people, talented folks who put in blood, sweat, and maybe a few stimpaks to create the show you’re plundering. So, unless you’re raiding their office and demanding a cutlass to your throat, you’re just a lowly thief.
Secondly, let’s talk consequences. When you pirate the Fallout TV show, you’re not just giving the finger to the suits in their ivory towers. You’re screwing over the very people who made the damn thing. These artists, writers, and actors poured their souls into creating a post-apocalyptic masterpiece for us to enjoy. And how do you repay them? By snatching it from the digital high seas, denying them the reward they rightfully deserve. It’s like slapping a Deathclaw in the face and expecting it to thank you.
Lastly, let’s address the big picture. Your piracy antics don’t just affect one show, my friend. They send shockwaves through the entire industry. When creators see their hard work getting pillaged, they become less likely to take risks and push the boundaries of their craft. So, congrats, you’re contributing to a world of bland, cookie-cutter content. And let’s not forget the ripple effect on your fellow fans. Your actions normalize piracy, making it seem like stealing is the new cool. Newsflash: it’s not. So, if you want to show some respect for the people who make the stuff you love and ensure a vibrant, creative landscape, drop the Jolly Roger and start supporting the legit channels.
Arr matey, there you have it. Pirating the Fallout TV show might make you feel like a rebellious pirate, but in reality, you’re just a landlubber stealing from hardworking artists. So, shiver me timbers and do the right thing—pay for your entertainment and support the creative minds behind it. Otherwise, you’ll be walking the plank of cultural bankruptcy. Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life is not for me, and it shouldn’t be for you either.
Too long, didn’t read, too busy enjoying pirated content streamed from my home server.
And how do you repay them? By snatching it from the digital high seas, denying them the reward they rightfully deserve. It’s like slapping a Deathclaw in the face and expecting it to thank you.
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They’ve already been paid so you’re not snatching anything from them.
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You kind of assume that if someone hadn’t pirated it then they’d have paid to see it. The reality I’d they’d probably not have watched it at all. I haven’t watched the fall out show yet. Therefore I must also be “denying them the reward they rightfully deserve”
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The use of steaming was in the rise and piracy falling all through the 2010s. Why? Corporations were offering a good service at a good point. Over the last few years they’ve been making the services progressively worse and the price point progressively worse. The market has reacted and piracy has increased. Again you’ve fallen into thinking that if people didn’t have the option to pirate they’d pay for the service to get the content, I however think that many just wouldn’t consume the content at all.
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While I appreciate the devotion to theming, this is such a bootlicking comment. You do realize that the people that made the show have already been paid, yes? Piracy is not theft, especially when half the people in this comment section are saying that they are pirating it alongside their active Amazon prime subscription.
You said it doesn’t effect the show after talking about how it effects the show.
Stealing is a very cool crime. Especially from Amazon.
You’re just a square.
I really don’t give a shit about a company like Amazon that gaslights its employees into not voting for an union through a bullshit campain, that sabotages said votes, and that overworks them to the point they are forced to piss in bottles and shit in bags.
I kinda hope they fucking sink to be honest.
tldr
It’s the old arguments about how piracy is stealing and hurts the artists.
I showed this to people at work today, we were in tears laughing 😂
i only bothered to read the last bit so - stealing from the artists? Ha! that’s words of someone who doesn’t know how the film/TV show industry works. All artists (spare for maybe the actors, depending on their contract) already got paid, maybe they got a bonus for the popularity of the show, but they don’t own the rights to the show and therefore receive fuck all after that.
I have prime. I torrent their content anyway as they don’t play nice with vpn.
Then why do you pay for it?
Free 2 day shipping
Um, you do realize you’re paying for the 2-day shipping with the subscription, right? It’s not free, it’s just part of your subscription.
I honestly just wait the extra couple days and make sure my orders are $35 or more to get free shipping. I usually keep a few non-essentials that I’ll need eventually ready to go so I can just add them on when needed (e.g. extra water filters is a common one).
Uhh yes of course. I literally said the only reason I pay for prime is the 2 day shipping, prime video is just an added benefit I guess.
But do you actually need it? How often is 2 days fine, but 5 days unacceptable? Are there local stores you could use instead to fill those needs?
Yeah, 2-day shipping is nice, and we had prime for years largely for that, but prime has steadily gotten more expensive and we eventually stopped seeing value. We cut it a couple years ago, and we’ve seen our spending shift to local stores, though we still use Amazon a fair amount. But at $15/month or $140/year ($11.67/month), we just weren’t ordering enough to make that worthwhile. Overnighting something occasionally is cheaper than subscribing to prime.
I’ve ended up shifting a lot of stuff back to brick and mortar just because Amazon can’t be trusted on anything that isn’t a brand you already know. I was looking for gym shorts with the sewn in compression shorts and all of it was just the exact same image under many stupid brands. Just a quick glance the same image is being used by Leidowei, Surenow, NELEUS, Ultra Performance, Aolesy, JWJ, Born Tough, Pudolla. Like how can you trust any of those? Went to Dicks and just bought their in store brand (DSG) and they’ve been working out great. Plus I can actually inspect them and try them on before buying. Unless you’re buying a known brand/commodity, Amazon is just filled with drop shippers and you can’t trust their reviews at all. We’re letting our Amazon Prime membership go this year because I just don’t need it anymore.
Yup, that was our experience as well.
I found that Target had most of the low quality crap we were buying on Amazon anyway, and I could get something of better quality also locally. I would spend a ton of time doing research to avoid the worst of drop-shipped crap on Amazon.
Now I only really buy name brand stuff at Amazon that I can’t find locally. We do maybe one order/month, if that, and I could probably eliminate Amazon entirely if needed.
To me it’s worth it. I order a ton of Amazon, unfortunately it’s usually the best option to find niche items for my hobbies that can’t be found locally.
That’s too bad, because Amazon is really hit or miss.
I don’t know what hobbies you have, but my wife and I have better options than Amazon. My wife is into watercolors and fountain pens, so she buys from specialty shops. I’m into computers and MTG, so I’m a better fit for Amazon, but I usually buy from Newegg and local game shops. We both like board games, which he generally get from local game shops.
We do need to buy a fair amount from Amazon though to fill in the gaps, but it’s rarely urgent, so it can wait a week if needed.
I’m with you 100%. Could you try and explain this to my wife?
I’m sure she’s capable of understanding that on her own. If you’d like to cut it, I recommend pulling some numbers:
- how much stuff you ordered (esp. how many were under the $35 or whatever order limit)
- how often you actually needed something faster than standard shipping (usually 3-5 days)
- how much you paid for the service
With that, you could make a case for dropping it. You could also agree that if there are problems, you can always sign up again. Then it’s on you to anticipate things you’ll need and order in advance. I am proactive about keeping stuff on hand, so it’s not an issue for us. That’s how I convinced my wife we don’t need it, and we haven’t had it for a couple years now
That said, get a free Amazon Prime trial every 6 months or so, so we often sign up around Christmas, then cancel.
I’ve made the case. The indoctrination by Amazon is strong though, and they feel they need it. Plus we’ve got a stubborn one over here and new ideas are bad ideas unless they are their ideas. There’s a lag but logic is logic and it sets in eventually… I’mma just let the in-laws work on them they’re much more annoying😉
Lol, wherever works for your marriage. :)
Simp subs for twitch thots.
