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Unfortunately, yes.
When Netflix clamped down on password sharing I expected a mass exodus back to pirating and more people self hosting like I did.
Instead they complained for 3 days and brought out their wallets.
I can somewhat understand both perspectives. Although I too sail the high seas, if you don’t have the aptitude to self host, and you only care to binge a show over the weekend, $12 (or whatever it costs now) is a somewhat justifiable expense. I mean, 1 comic book is $4-$6 on average these days. One of those might provide 15 minutes of entertainment and a month of anticipation. $12 is a good value.
Everything I want to watch is readily available for streaming. Why self host unless you want to keep copies?
A big part of it for me was seeing streaming companies removing episodes due to "modern sensibilities". Multiple censored IASIP episodes, removing the D&D episode of Community. I think this is going to happen more and more and I want all the content. Not just what was approved by some diversity group.
Agreed. I am as progressive as one can be, but there are limits.
Just a few months ago I realized I haven't seen one episode of The Office because Netflix removed it.
Just give the option to "show/hide" them. But don't hide them completely.
What episode of the office did they remove? That’s insane.
The one with the blackface joke. One of the characters - can't remember his name right now - appeared wearing blackface just for a few seconds as part of a joke implying that blackface was, well, inappropriate.