Casting support is still available on older Chromecast devices or TVs that support Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s support page
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The only good thing about Netflix is their diverse global library.
As in, a Netflix subscription plus a VPN, gives you access to an large library of global content.
Taking that into account, it’s probably still the best streaming service, which means they’re the shiniest turd in the toilet.
But still, Jellyfin FTW.
Thou shalt buy a smart tv or other device that we can pull metrics from and force advertising to.
my favourite netflix client is jellyfin tbh. it fixes all of netflix’s probems.
Does anyone know if it’s possible to run a self-hosted Jellyfin server without having to run an entire data center on your house? I could do something simple like a NUC or equivalent and a tiny NAS, anything else?
I have my jellyfin running on ubuntu server on a 12 year old PC with a bunch of salvaged HDDs added in, plugged into my standard home internet. I have like 10 people I share it with. So far it’s not made a noticeable dent in either the internet usage or the electric.
You can probably run it off your existing hardware just using an external drive(s).
There’s people running old raspberry pis with USB hard drives.
It’ll run on just about anything.
Though, you’ll only be able to stream original quality, no on the fly quality changes for low speed connections and such.
You absolutely can. Currently running mine off of my desktop, but it’s overkill and have a few coworkers that used nucs/cheap mini PCs to setup jellyfin. Biggest thing is to make sure you have enough storage to hold all of your media, then you’re fine.
i mean i’m only using it for me and my family but i just run it on my desktop linux (and before i switched i was running it on my desktop windows with scoop install jellyfin)
Can you tell more about this please?
cough hoist the flag, and watch netflix shows on jellyfin cough
They’re probably saying that they run the self hosted jellyfin app and stream their own media. That’s what I do, and have been doing for like a decade because netflix and other shitty streaming companies can eat a bag of dicks (except Dropout, they’re real Gs) from the number of times I’ve gone to watch something on my watch later list only to find out they didn’t get the license this quarter so 🖕to my movie night
dropout, beacon, and pbs are pretty much the only ones worth of a monthly sub :)
Thank you. Yeah I’m so fed up of netflix, all the free on-demand streaming services in the UK are better than Netflix now, and have the same amount of ads. I torrent a fair bit but I used to like Netflix for casually watching things I might not have found otherwise. The only thing is that there’s nothing to find on there anymore.
Yeah, I still remember when netflix was good. My absolute favorite feature they had was one I used on my PS3, was Max. It was this ‘assistant’ who would ask you a bunch of questions and then pick a number of suggestions you can look through to pick a movie when you didn’t know what to watch. It was fucking awesome, and I still periodically look for something similar for jellyfin.
enshittification
When is the next VC driven company that focuses more on growth than profit coming? I feel Netflix and all the other streaming services are ripe to be overtaken in the same way Netflix overtook tv channel packaging.
To streaming?
Never.
Streaming is a finite market that is already covered. The moment old money (aka existing media companies) jumped on it, it was done for.
I definitely understand your view and personally don’t see a way to disrupt the market either. I just hope someone else finds a way.
the next VC driven company…
With you so far
that focuses more on growth than profit
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
The investors focus on growth first, then they enshittify. They were just saying it’s time to start that cycle again.
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
They most certainly do and then either cash in by selling to the next more risk adverse VC or sells it at a loss if they believe the company failed to disrupt the market.
Well if they stay private and don’t let the other companies just buy them out when they are small to squash the competition. Otherwise it’s impossible to be a disruptor now.
As if I needed another reason to never get netflix again. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Lol why?
Genuinely seems pretty arbitrary given you need to use their app to start the cast anyway
The fact that casting to older devices is allowed on the expensive plan but not the ad-supported one offers a clue.
Because fuck you, that’s why. I’m sure they will re-introduce the feature behind a paywall soon.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Once you tell a company that you are willing to pay for something more than once, prepare to get fucked, because that’s all you’re gonna get. And not the fun kind.
Over the last weekend I was surprised to learn that you can’t stream from the mobile web interface of at least some, if not most, of the streaming apps.
Awesome. Another reason to never give them money again. 👍
Between their new interface and this, it’s like they are actively trying to get you to use it less.
Keep paying them but use it less = more profit.
Yup, exactly what I was thinking. They’re no longer under any obligation to make their product easy to use.
Hmmm… still works fine from the Plex app
Until they make it exclusive to the Plex Pass
I bought a Lifetime PlexPass 17 years ago for 35 bucks.
I’m good
I bought a one-time purchase to unlock streaming to my Android device years ago.
Let’s hope they don’t alter your deal too.
I have an iPhone. I am more than happy to pay for quality.
I switched to Linux when it was finally ready. I will switch to Jellyfin when it is ready.
The one-time purchase was for iPhones too.
I never paid more than once for any iPhone I’ve ever had
What does that have to do with Plex dropping support for people that paid the one-time purchase?
