It added 30 million users since May.

  • archonet
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    9 days ago

    Or, even better, stop giving them your money and get Plex or Jellyfin and return to the seven seas.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      8 days ago

      Addons like the one linked are useful for me to share with friends. I have many friends who have a soft anti-piracy stance. Not due to ideological conflicts — it’s mostly that their inexperience combined with knowing that pirating is forbidden makes them feel uncomfortable. Adblocking carries a similar sense of discomfort, but much milder, so it can be useful as a small step for overly anxious family and friends.

      • archonet
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 days ago

        I mean, setting up Mullvad too isn’t that hard and compared to a Netflix subscription, it’s paid for itself several times over in the time I’ve had it. But I get that that might not be something your friends are willing to fiddle with.

        That said, we’re on Lemmy, in the technology community – I’m reasonably confident that almost everyone here who is going to read your comment has the skills necessary to setup Mullvad and Plex; if not the entire *arr suite, a NAS, and Jellyfin.

        • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          8 days ago

          That said, we’re on Lemmy, in the technology community – I’m reasonably confident that almost everyone here who is going to read your comment has the skills necessary

          Yeah, my comment was getting more at the fact I have loved ones whose behaviour I can shift in small ways, such as by sending a link to an add on to block ads.

          Especially as the blockage isn’t necessarily the skills, but a more nebulous sense of unease that I wonder whether is linked to the “you wouldn’t download a car” era of anti-piracy ads

    • Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      8 days ago

      I get this free with T-mobile, so I might as well use it. I use jellyfin for everything else. This is more for family or friends that are not blessed by the omnissiah with technical know how.