It's official: Disney is now asking you to pay to share your Disney+ account with other people. The company now offers an official way to pay for an extra user on your account. Per their rules, however, you can probably get around it.

And I thought Mickey Mouse was cute…

  • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    It’s funny, when they announced their third price increase in as many months, it was the final motivation i needed to set up a NAS and Jellyfin. And because i have terabytes of storage, I downloaded the entire catalogue… of Linux distros. And I continue to seed them

  • LifeOfChance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 months ago

    This was our last streaming service we were hanging on to now we will move forward without watching any TV and I’m OK with that. These last few years are really forcing us to be a little healthier. Can’t afford junk food, fast food, and now TV. It sucks but I refuse to he dragged down by the constant barrage of bad news.

  • trainsaresexy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Does anyone have a dead simple tutorial/webpage to setup jellyfin? I always assume it needs a dedicated NAS and I’m not going to do that. I have spare laptops.

      • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Can someone show me a simple way to share an external drive to Jellyfin in Ubuntu? It’s the last part I’m missing from my setup

          • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            USB formatted to FAT32

            The file path will not work in Jellyfin.

            I’ve tried using the terminal to set a mount point that Jellyfin can use. Apparently the problem is that Jellyfin runs as its own user and so can’t see USB drives that my account connects.

            …or something…? I’ve been trying off-and-on for months. I’m only a dabbler in Linux; getting this set up with an old laptop is my attempt to learn.

            I’m so confused please help.

            • SquiffSquiff@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              You need to:

              • create the mountpoint
              • mount the drive to the mountpoint
              • Give Jellyfin permissions to access the files there

              Since you are using FAT32 which does not support file level permissions I guess this will show up as ‘owned by root’. You will need to do something like this or this

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Disney and the rest of the streaming services can fuck off and welcome back piracy with their shenanigans.

    Shame they’re such greedy dumbasses that continue to kill the golden goose.

  • Anderenortsfalsch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    We share all our streaming services and so far nothing has happened because we don’t use smart televisions but only dumb monitors connected to PC/laptop. They can’t figure us out. I don’t think I will ever use a tv again, first because we do not watch live tv anymore, second because smart TVs spy on us and on top try to put ads on and other shite. A mini PC in the living room looks cute, can play anything including local data and they can’t tell if accounts are shared.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    513·
    2 months ago

    Just a reminder that if you don’t like the way that the entertainment is presented, your best option is to ignore it. If you pirate it, you’ll probably talk about it with others. That will lead to engagement, and in turn others will pay to see the content. If you ignore it, then the company gets nothing from you. If you truly want to punish these companies for policies you don’t like, piracy isn’t the answer, boycotting their product is.

    Edit: The downvotes on this prove that you only pirate because you want shit for free, not to protest. You are the same as the looters during marches. You don’t do what you do to make things better, you do it to get free shit. You are the reason we can’t have nice things.

    • eskimofry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      Not agreeing with you. We can’t expect people to go on harsh penance to prove a point. Might as well take the easy way out.

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        45·
        2 months ago

        Oh yeah, god forbid people miss some form of entertainment! Whatever will they do? If only there was INFINITE entertainment out there. The assumed need to consume is bullshit, and people that feel that they must have everything are sucking that fat capitalist teat harder than anyone else, regardless of if they pirate or not. When you start to pull back from the idea that you have to have it all, you realize how little of it you actually need, and then you can be selective with your content consumption.

        Or you can keep watching Disney shows, bitching about how much you hate Disney shows, all while talking to friends and coworkers about Disney shows. Oh, you pirate it? You are still advertising for Disney. You’re a goddamned billboard.

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        2 months ago

        Sure, by all means. But how many people watch a show or movie they enjoy and don’t talk to friends or family about it? Secondary advertising is still advertising. If you convince someone else to buy it, you aren’t solving any problems.

        • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mlEnglish
          41·
          2 months ago

          Back when I was active on the high seas, I would talk about stuff I watched all the time. When someone would ask where I watched I’d tell them they would be welcome to come by and copy some of my Linux ISOs to an external drive if they wanted, as I wasn’t willing to promote the paid avenues for getting those distros.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          21·
          2 months ago

          If you convince someone else to buy it, you aren’t solving any problems.

          “Have you seen the latest episode of (show)? I can put it on a USB for you if you haven’t.”

    • Trilobite@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      I just share my server saves my friends some cash and we get to talk about it