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Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced.

We'll also examine each streaming platform's financial status to get an idea of what these companies are thinking (spoiler: They're thinking about money).

Netflix starts killing its cheapest ad-free plan in June

Sony bumps Crunchyroll prices weeks after shuttering Funimation

Peacock is raising prices

Fubo cuts 19 channels

In a seemingly desperate push, many streaming services prioritize revenue and profits ahead of building the best streaming service for customers.

We could go on about how this might force people to reconsider their subscriptions, but we should publish before another service makes yet another policy change.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Stremio & Real Debrid is soooo much easier than the self hosted approach, and is a piece of piss to set up

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Honestly, it's even solid without the Real Debrid addition (though I use Real-Debrid and think it's great). Just add the Torrentio add-on and you'll have tons of streams for just about everything.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Are we talking easier than Plex+ VPN and torrent? My buddy can access all his content anywhere he can login to Plex. It just means pre-downloading.

Genuinely curious if it's worth giving up an already setup Plex server to look into this.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I haven't given up on my Plex server but this is so much easier. Hand my kids the remote and they can navigate the Stremio app and watch whatever without me having to hunt for it.

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