So same old broadcast thing, but with internet, a framework designed to send a different data to each user.
Meaning you will be wasting way more energy with the same stream going in different packets to people.Sure, that would definitely be cheaper.
I don’t mind this sort of setup on Pluto TV but it’s free so… Yeah.
Pluto is good but I wish they had an API
The only thing I really miss about cable over a media server on shuffle is the ability to know what is going to come up next in the shuffle.
And if they could add bumpers like on adult swim that would be awesome, too.
wouldn’t even be hard to add, someone’s probably already coded it for something.
That doesn’t sound like too difficult of a feature to add to a media server. Just generate a playlist instead of picking the next thing on demand. Could add constraints like “choose show at random but select next sequential episode of that show from the previous one shown” or “fully random but do not repeat anything for x time/things”.
Makes me wish I had that stuff set up to experiment with.
I’ve been pondering how to do this on my home server for a bit now. Haven’t put any effort into the actual coding yet, but the thought is there. Maybe searching for a solution isn’t that terrible of an idea.
How long would this last?
its so tiresome to have all these services constantly made worse. these days it feels whenever a new thing comes out, it has about two or three years before it’s run into the ground in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
and this kind of thing is also happening to movies/tv shows/video game franchises. it feels like no matter how good it starts, you only get (at most) 2 or 3 sequels before the executives get their hands on it and run it into the ground. sure there are exceptions to this, but they are few and far between. and its becoming even more common for shows/video games to simply disappear if the parent company decides to remove them from online stores/streaming platforms.
all around, it just feels like things are becoming less and less permanent
You’re describing capitalism. That’s literally what happens to everything when capitalism is unchecked.
“Hey, we’re getting pretty good at producing food. Let’s put corn syrup in everything and make cheap food addictive.”
“Hey, we just noticed that frightened people buy more guns. Let’s make sure criminals can always buy guns so that we are arming everyone!”
“Land is the one thing they aren’t making more of. Let’s drive prices up while interest rates are low so that people have to spend all of their income on rent or die in the streets!”
When profits are the only motivation, then products and services will only get so good before the investor class starts looking for ways to take advantage of leverage instead of innovation. Unregulated markets create opportunities for unbalanced relationships between producers and consumers, and it is always built on the lie that you can influence the markets by “voting with your dollars,” as though enshittification is what we want, what we deserve.
The more things change…
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
A great way to flex the ol’ falsetto. Geddy Lee’s voice is insane.
Sorry if I’m being nitpicky here, but falsetto is those breathy high-notes (think beejees, or Rivendell if you want to stick to rush). This song is all head voice. No worries though, I had to Google this just to make sure I wasn’t lying because I wasn’t certain.
Cable is better than streaming in 2024. Like seriously… It’s all in one place, and it’s cheaper than subbing to all the services.
They finally did it. They ruined streaming.
Streaming is still leagues ahead of cable. Don’t sub to all of them at once (you can only watch one at a time anyways), plus I bet even the ones with ads are still way lighter on them than cable is.
Plus, as long as these channels don’t replace on demand selection, they don’t make anything worse. It’s just a new way to use the streaming service.
This is pure fantasy. Cable did not have everything in one place for cheaper. Unless you paid extra you only had the default channels where you had to watch everything at a specific time or pay extra for a PVR to record and even then you didn’t have access to entire backlogs of TV shows. If you wanted to watch front to back a show you had to pay $100+ for the box set.
Also ADs ADs ADs ADs ADs ADs.
Yeah streaming is getting worse and worse but if you told me I had to choose between cable and a single streaming service I’d pick the streaming service every time.
They pretty much already have that though…
Yeah, been that way for a while. I assume either this tweet is old as fuck, or they’re adding more paid for ones. Or some regions don’t have it that way yet.
The discoverability on D+ is awful as well. There’s loads of older stuff and all it wants to show me is shitty “reality” TV I couldn’t give a fuck about, and have never watched. I’m only on it now because the wife is halfway through Buffy and can’t remember where to find it again if I torrented it and I can’t be arsed with the aggro.
I actually wanted this feature for so long. You may ask why not just get cable and yes I could but my area is a bit remote and doesn’t have cable.
The Solution: Stremio+Torrentio
Only for $300/month, with a 2 year contract
With ads!
They’re really gonna make people start pirating out of spite lol
Started a while ago, matey.
VPN, random port, docker, and jellyfin.
The golden age of streaming has passed.
And ads. Lots of ads.
Did they say ads?
it’s implied
Is it? If they’re going to make this available for a free/ad priced tier I could see showing ads. But not for the ad free tier.
it was mostly a joke but I wouldn’t be too suprised if they actually start showing ads too
If it weren’t for those pesky content breaks every now and then, they could serve even more ads. Won’t somebody think of the shareholders?
Those damn consumers are so entitled! Why can’t we just serve ads continually instead of having to produce expensive content?
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exactly
