• setsneedtofeed@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Savvy tech users consistently underestimate how much hostile corporate behavior the general population is willing to put up with.

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      1 year ago

      But then I couldn’t watch Netflix!!

      When was the last time you actually did watch Netflix, and even then how often have you watched it?

      …but I need to watch Netflix

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      1 year ago

      I thought that Netflix would be caught out by the number of people turning to piracy, but I guess there’s also a lot of older people who have to setup their own account now that they can’t use a relative’s. Or just get the add on for the relative’s existing sub.

      I cancelled my Netflix subscription, but it looks like I might need to set one up for my mum and my nan instead :/

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        1 year ago

        Older people are an obvious demographic that won’t jump ship, but don’t turn a blind eye to the younger generation. It isn’t boomers who throw $70+ at video games on a constant basis. The threshold for a convenience/value ratio seems very low for a lot of people.

        As an unrelated and statistically insignificant anecdote, the two biggest pirates I know are both actual literal boomers.

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          1 year ago

          That’s true about young people tolerating it.

          I’ve got a Sonarr/Plex setup that works really well for me, but it was a pain to get it all set up initially and I think even computer literate people would struggle.

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            You’re absolutely right.

            I built my own computer, been using PCs since I was two years old, I know how to use CLIs and I already run Plex. But Sonarr was such a fucking hassle to set it up that I got halfway through the set up and gave up.