As long as you can avoid the attention of law enforcement also. I remember a boss who used to bitch a couple times a year whenever his fake satellite smart card would be wiped and he'd have to buy another one on the black market. He just looked at me funny when I suggested subscribing legally instead.
That's what annoys me about Youtube - adblock stops all ads with Youtube on my computer. But streaming it to my TV I see the ads again. I tried some adblockers in my router but they don't seem to work. I find it absurd that before I watch a movie trailer I have to see a different movie trailer - that is, watch an ad before I can watch the ad.
Individual rentals are incredibly overpriced I feel. Especially for movies, but even for tv series to charge $2 or $3 for a single 45 minute episode is absurdly high. If I watch more than an hour a week then Netflix is cheaper.
I found Prime to be much inferior to Netflix. Less content seems comes with Prime than Netflix, unless you're counting premium channels or those shows that require an additional payment on top of the Prime subscription. The only real reason to stream with Prime is if you're already a Prime member (which I'm not because I rarely buy stuff online).
Youtube can be an occasional diversion, but the interfaces really suck and the vast majority of content is all about wannabe entrepreneurs trying to make money off of advertising. So every video feels like it starts and ends with someone begging you to subscribe and click on the link, and far too many of them feel like a video version of click-bait. The only thing really worth seeing there is Seagulls Stop That Now.
They lost programming through no fault of their own. They still have a great selection, it's just not as great as it was. Their original programming does help to offset that. If Netflix only offered the dribs and drabs that content owners allowed, it would have faded away. As it is, there is more stuff Netflix offers on my watch list than I will ever be able to catch up on.
As far as legal and ethical options, I think it's the best one out there and despite the price increase is still an amazing bargain.
Netflix is still a great deal. Even without their original programming it still feels better than any other service. At $13 it's the same price as Amazon Prime monthly and provides more content (not counting the all the stuff Amazon that requires an additional payment or its premium channels). Feels better than Hulu too. And at that point, no other pay streaming service is worth bothering with.
And $13 a month is a huge bargain over the typical cable subscription cost. Anyone complaining about the rise in cost here needs to put it in perspective.
Buy all ten varieties of creamer then mix them together in a bowl and parcel out into the original containers. (This idea brought to you buy the 1966 film of Batman.)
Look it up before installing the OS? If it's a brand new computer and you have no other computing device, then yes, delay the installation until you have a chance to get to the public library.
On the other hand - when the page pops up telling you to create a Microsoft Account, that's the time when many sane people should be getting the WTF moment and decide to slow down. If at that point you're unsure and click the "skip this part" button then you've done the right thing and have skipped the part where you need to create an account! Windows does need to make the "skip" part more obvious, but they don't because they want to get additional unscrupulous monetization from you.
Oh wait, you can switch to a local ID after-the-fact. See this https://www.austintechnology.c... and skip to the part where it says what to do if you already set up a Microsoft account.
At the page that asks you to set up a Microsoft ID, there is a "skip" button. Because even a prepackaged OEM version still doesn't know who you are and so it has to ask you for the (optional) Microsoft ID.
You can skip the Microsoft ID. You have to do this during installation, and they don't make it obvious how to do so. I am unsure if this can be fixed after installation has finished.
I've got 8.1. I like it better than Windows 7, but I had to do some registry change to get rid of the fat borders. I don't mind the flat look but was always annoyed by the overly glossy look of Windows 7. It also uses slightly less memory than Windows 7 did (on the same computer). It doesn't have the forced upgrades of Win10; possibly it has the same telemetry but then so dows win7. The "metro" stuff you can ignore, just boot straight to desktop.
True. But still anyone can sue anyone else for any reason, even if frivolous. It doesn't mean they will win, only that no one is carefully reading the filing at the time the fee is being paid. Since it costs time and money to deal with this stuff, which is why these bogus suits are called "nuisance suits". Sure, in many states you can get back the court costs, but you still have to spend the money up front before you get it back later. And the time spent you don't get back.
Ya, sometimes it's simpler to stick the kids in front of Disney than to train them to live without. On the other hand, most of the train wreck celebrity starlets who keep forgetting to wear underwear when getting out of limos started their career on Disney, so you gotta wonder if that's the influence you want on your kids.
Why is it better? Just get Netflix and that's a fraction of the cost of even basic cable. If you don't like Netflix then get Amazon, and nothing else. Or Hulu and nothing else. Getting more than one service doesn't seem worth it because they have more stuff than most people can stay caught up on. Let's say you watch one hour of tv on weeknights, 3 hours each on the weekend, you'll never get caught up. And if you're watching more television than that, then perhaps it's time to cut back?
I hated that tiered thing. For awhile it was the basic tier would essentially have nothing anyone really wanted (home shopping channels, weather channel, etc), you only got that service if you also got local broadcast stations over cable. It was the middle tier had the majority of what people considered standard fare (TNT, TBS, Syfy, FX, etc.).
Problem is that you can't always pick up those signals, moving to digital meant that you needed better reception than with analog. Second problem is that broadcast television has been so greatly reduced in quality of programming. It's great for the local news, sports, and not much else. Some markets may be lucky and have a good channel or two (pbs or other independent).
Mirrors DVR history possibly. First was TiVo and it was great. Easy to use, convenient, and customers liked it. Then everyone else decided they needed their own DVR and they pushed out a lot of crappy set top boxes that looked like they spent a weekend in design, and customers started bitching. So with streaming, Netflix was the big player that attracted tons of customers, but soon everyone else wanted in on the game and soon everyone hated that mess of substandard products as well.
Prices would need to drop though. Rates of $2-$3 dollars for a single episode that's less than an hour is ridiculously high. That would just convince most customers that they should watch less TV (maybe a good thing). Remember, most cord cutters left cable because the cost was too high, so it would be stupid to try and jack up the prices and assume they will stick around long-term.
I tried the free month of Amazon to get caught up on Doctor Who. It's a terrible streaming service. Sadly, couldn't even get caught up on Doctor Who because although it offered the last season it was not included without an additional payment. Half the stuff I thought was interesting required an additional payment. And most of the other half I thought was interesting was on Netflix. The UI was terrible in comparison with Netflix, and it costs more than Netflix. So everything I wanted to see there before the free month was over...
They really do need to go back to a cable like system but without the cost and terrible service - that is, separate the provider company from the content owning company. Then all the Marvel movies can try to sell their stuff to all the streaming services, rather than be stuck in a single service that no one likes. It's fine if there's a short temporary exclusivity though. Personally I don't mind waiting a one to three years for something to show up on streaming, though I find it ridiculous than 20 year old movies aren't on Netflix just because Starz has exclusive rights to it.
I think most customers will want to see a wide range of content, not just Disney, not just CBS, etc. So a fragmented streaming market will just annoy the customers.
They should have had one movie for each major segment, but no sequels. One Spiderman, one Iron Man, one Captain America, etc. All the sequels are just crap and if they all vanished overnight they would not be missed. The greed here is not creating quality.
A lot of times these issues arise in sales. For instance, it's very bad form to take a list of sales contacts with you to a new company. The old and new company both will frown heavily on this. For people doing actual work, most companies aren't so concerned about this stuff, and certainly the investors don't care.
They do care about trade secrets, but that's a separate issue from non-compete.
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As long as you can avoid the attention of law enforcement also. I remember a boss who used to bitch a couple times a year whenever his fake satellite smart card would be wiped and he'd have to buy another one on the black market. He just looked at me funny when I suggested subscribing legally instead.
That's what annoys me about Youtube - adblock stops all ads with Youtube on my computer. But streaming it to my TV I see the ads again. I tried some adblockers in my router but they don't seem to work. I find it absurd that before I watch a movie trailer I have to see a different movie trailer - that is, watch an ad before I can watch the ad.
Individual rentals are incredibly overpriced I feel. Especially for movies, but even for tv series to charge $2 or $3 for a single 45 minute episode is absurdly high. If I watch more than an hour a week then Netflix is cheaper.
I found Prime to be much inferior to Netflix. Less content seems comes with Prime than Netflix, unless you're counting premium channels or those shows that require an additional payment on top of the Prime subscription. The only real reason to stream with Prime is if you're already a Prime member (which I'm not because I rarely buy stuff online).
Youtube can be an occasional diversion, but the interfaces really suck and the vast majority of content is all about wannabe entrepreneurs trying to make money off of advertising. So every video feels like it starts and ends with someone begging you to subscribe and click on the link, and far too many of them feel like a video version of click-bait. The only thing really worth seeing there is Seagulls Stop That Now.
They lost programming through no fault of their own. They still have a great selection, it's just not as great as it was. Their original programming does help to offset that. If Netflix only offered the dribs and drabs that content owners allowed, it would have faded away. As it is, there is more stuff Netflix offers on my watch list than I will ever be able to catch up on.
As far as legal and ethical options, I think it's the best one out there and despite the price increase is still an amazing bargain.
Netflix is still a great deal. Even without their original programming it still feels better than any other service. At $13 it's the same price as Amazon Prime monthly and provides more content (not counting the all the stuff Amazon that requires an additional payment or its premium channels). Feels better than Hulu too. And at that point, no other pay streaming service is worth bothering with.
And $13 a month is a huge bargain over the typical cable subscription cost. Anyone complaining about the rise in cost here needs to put it in perspective.
The Gillette ad was great, despite all the troglodytes who hated it and thought it was an attack on men.
Buy all ten varieties of creamer then mix them together in a bowl and parcel out into the original containers.
(This idea brought to you buy the 1966 film of Batman.)
Netflix currently is the cheapest service still, isn't it?
He may find it hard to turn off his IT Help Desk persona that he uses at work when communicating elsewhere.
Look it up before installing the OS? If it's a brand new computer and you have no other computing device, then yes, delay the installation until you have a chance to get to the public library.
On the other hand - when the page pops up telling you to create a Microsoft Account, that's the time when many sane people should be getting the WTF moment and decide to slow down. If at that point you're unsure and click the "skip this part" button then you've done the right thing and have skipped the part where you need to create an account! Windows does need to make the "skip" part more obvious, but they don't because they want to get additional unscrupulous monetization from you.
Oh wait, you can switch to a local ID after-the-fact. See this https://www.austintechnology.c... and skip to the part where it says what to do if you already set up a Microsoft account.
At the page that asks you to set up a Microsoft ID, there is a "skip" button. Because even a prepackaged OEM version still doesn't know who you are and so it has to ask you for the (optional) Microsoft ID.
You can skip the Microsoft ID. You have to do this during installation, and they don't make it obvious how to do so. I am unsure if this can be fixed after installation has finished.
MS Exec #1: Genius. I'll have our best people get right on that.
Me: You clearly haven't read the company guidelines, otherwise you'd know that we always put our worst people on stuff like that.
I've got 8.1. I like it better than Windows 7, but I had to do some registry change to get rid of the fat borders. I don't mind the flat look but was always annoyed by the overly glossy look of Windows 7. It also uses slightly less memory than Windows 7 did (on the same computer). It doesn't have the forced upgrades of Win10; possibly it has the same telemetry but then so dows win7. The "metro" stuff you can ignore, just boot straight to desktop.
True. But still anyone can sue anyone else for any reason, even if frivolous. It doesn't mean they will win, only that no one is carefully reading the filing at the time the fee is being paid. Since it costs time and money to deal with this stuff, which is why these bogus suits are called "nuisance suits". Sure, in many states you can get back the court costs, but you still have to spend the money up front before you get it back later. And the time spent you don't get back.
Ya, sometimes it's simpler to stick the kids in front of Disney than to train them to live without. On the other hand, most of the train wreck celebrity starlets who keep forgetting to wear underwear when getting out of limos started their career on Disney, so you gotta wonder if that's the influence you want on your kids.
Why is it better? Just get Netflix and that's a fraction of the cost of even basic cable. If you don't like Netflix then get Amazon, and nothing else. Or Hulu and nothing else. Getting more than one service doesn't seem worth it because they have more stuff than most people can stay caught up on. Let's say you watch one hour of tv on weeknights, 3 hours each on the weekend, you'll never get caught up. And if you're watching more television than that, then perhaps it's time to cut back?
I hated that tiered thing. For awhile it was the basic tier would essentially have nothing anyone really wanted (home shopping channels, weather channel, etc), you only got that service if you also got local broadcast stations over cable. It was the middle tier had the majority of what people considered standard fare (TNT, TBS, Syfy, FX, etc.).
Problem is that you can't always pick up those signals, moving to digital meant that you needed better reception than with analog. Second problem is that broadcast television has been so greatly reduced in quality of programming. It's great for the local news, sports, and not much else. Some markets may be lucky and have a good channel or two (pbs or other independent).
Mirrors DVR history possibly. First was TiVo and it was great. Easy to use, convenient, and customers liked it. Then everyone else decided they needed their own DVR and they pushed out a lot of crappy set top boxes that looked like they spent a weekend in design, and customers started bitching. So with streaming, Netflix was the big player that attracted tons of customers, but soon everyone else wanted in on the game and soon everyone hated that mess of substandard products as well.
Prices would need to drop though. Rates of $2-$3 dollars for a single episode that's less than an hour is ridiculously high. That would just convince most customers that they should watch less TV (maybe a good thing). Remember, most cord cutters left cable because the cost was too high, so it would be stupid to try and jack up the prices and assume they will stick around long-term.
I tried the free month of Amazon to get caught up on Doctor Who. It's a terrible streaming service. Sadly, couldn't even get caught up on Doctor Who because although it offered the last season it was not included without an additional payment. Half the stuff I thought was interesting required an additional payment. And most of the other half I thought was interesting was on Netflix. The UI was terrible in comparison with Netflix, and it costs more than Netflix. So everything I wanted to see there before the free month was over...
They really do need to go back to a cable like system but without the cost and terrible service - that is, separate the provider company from the content owning company. Then all the Marvel movies can try to sell their stuff to all the streaming services, rather than be stuck in a single service that no one likes. It's fine if there's a short temporary exclusivity though. Personally I don't mind waiting a one to three years for something to show up on streaming, though I find it ridiculous than 20 year old movies aren't on Netflix just because Starz has exclusive rights to it.
I think most customers will want to see a wide range of content, not just Disney, not just CBS, etc. So a fragmented streaming market will just annoy the customers.
They should have had one movie for each major segment, but no sequels. One Spiderman, one Iron Man, one Captain America, etc. All the sequels are just crap and if they all vanished overnight they would not be missed. The greed here is not creating quality.
A lot of times these issues arise in sales. For instance, it's very bad form to take a list of sales contacts with you to a new company. The old and new company both will frown heavily on this. For people doing actual work, most companies aren't so concerned about this stuff, and certainly the investors don't care.
They do care about trade secrets, but that's a separate issue from non-compete.