• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      I kinda don’t get it at this point. Can you not plan ahead what you want to watch? I mean I’ve got hours of stuff I still have to get through. Streaming seems to really be great for people that like flipping channels more than watching anything.

      • scoobford@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        Genuinely no, I can’t plan ahead what I want to watch. My brain just doesn’t work that way.

        Fortunately torrents generally only take a couple of minutes so I just get a drink or something and its done.

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            4 days ago

            Sometimes I use stremio to browse, but usually I just know. For example, I want to watch mannequin right now because it was described as an oddball queer comedy in a review I listened to two weeks ago.

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              4 days ago

              Oh, so you had two weeks to d/l, but your brain just was out here YOLOing it the whole time. I’ve been there, too.

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    5 days ago

    I guess they’ve got a good dataset of which programs people are interested in, and what they should spend money licencing

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    I’ve noticed for a while they had a few films to stream (for free, no sign-up, available to me in Mexico), e.g. all the Vincent Price films in this October’s #Monsterdon watch party.

    Hopefully the fully-free, no-sign-up stuff won’t disappear into the subscription service.