Time to UNSUBSCRIBE from Disney+, Netflix, etc!

Streaming services are getting worse by the day. FIGHT BACK! Here's how you can cancel your subscriptions and still watch the movies and shows you love—legally!

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Contents:

00:00 - It's TOO MUCH
00:40 - Mutiny! Piracy?
01:15 - I'm gonna rip it!
01:37 - Thanks, ASUSTOR
02:22 - They're altering the deal
03:22 - How to fight back
05:03 - Ripping Blu-rays
06:01 - MakeMKV
08:24 - VLC and Handbrake
12:03 - Handling a media library
13:42 - Jelly fin

[JeffGeerling]

UPDATE (if you want to rip 4K content): It looks like the popularity of the Pioneer drive led to a firmware update on new models that blocks ripping UHD content for now!

For the most comprehensive guide to what drive to buy, and how to make sure it will work with 4K UHD content, search for "Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023" — over on the MakeMKV forum there's a very comprehensive thread dealing with these issues.

And if you ask me what drive I would recommend, the trouble is once I recommend it, they'll likely pull those units and slap on some updated firmware too! So do your research!

If you don't need UHD content, and you're content with regular Blu-Ray or DVD media, then no worries, it's a lot simpler :)

[matthewangelucci]

There was a nice little period of time when piracy wasn't preferable

Welcome back

[AldoEliacim]

Too complicated, i'll stick to Piracy, thank you

[MrCokewithice]

Its incredible that companies are allowed to operate in a way where you buy a movie which might be labelled as something like 'buy' but that they have the right to discontinue your licence at any time and its because they still make you stream it. My opinion is that by law they should be forced to provide you with an offline player that plays their protected content without the need for connection to a service when they offer you buy and own options

[notjustforhackers]

We've come full circle. Something I was doing twenty years ago with DVD's now needs explaining to a whole new generation. Great video.

[ashkebora]

Spoiler Alert: Corporations won't be happy until you own _nothing_ and *everything* is a rental.

Cut them off.

[gameyybuilds]

I foresee a big trend of moving back towards not just ownership, but ownership of physical media. I personally have been re-purchasing many CD albums I used to own, because I miss flipping through the album artwork and actually OWNING the media. People are tired of being yanked around by these fickle streaming platforms. Change is coming!

[FoxDie]

The only thing i get from this, is that piracy is WAAAAY more convenient

[saishowaguu]

The problem still exists where:
1. Media companies are doing fewer physical releases.
2. If you have a large family where everyone has different tastes, your purchases could be large (not to mention they'll complain about having to wait to watch new shows months after everyone else)

[gabrielzeizer]

I love living in Switzerland, downloading movies online is legal (for private use only)
Even P2P sharing of copyrighted content is legal 😅

[Gruak]

If buying is not owning then piracy is not stealing.

[carlosroura]

Sooo... your solution is to not only spend hundreds of dollars in a setup (around $700 you mentioned near the end), and a fixed price of maybe $15-$30 for every piece of media I want to buy, plus all the electricity of using the hard drives...

but also spending many hours of my time in ripping the data and setting everything up? Each hour of my time is worth something. Depending on how I'm feeling at a specific moment and what are the alternatives I could be doing and enjoying, I value 1 hour of my free time between $20 and $200. Each hour I spent setting that up would be for me equivalent to at least $20 added to the bill

[KolyaNadj]

Man those streaming companies became just like cable companies. Very nice video Jeff as always.

[schadenfreude]

Fun Fact: If you rip your movies from your discs that you bought legitimately, it still counts as Piracy to them. :)

[phire]

If buying isn't owning, then piracy is not stealing.

[pixalmasterstudios]

Sadly that’s just it. $700 is a ton of money, not to mention the $20-$30 for the 4K Blu-Rays (each). That’s just so expensive and a huge hassle when I can just subscribe to a service. That’s how they get you…I would do that immediately if it was cheaper, especially since it sounds like a fun project

[adrianscarlett]

The most annoying things for me with streaming services are their insistence on geographical licensing and the requirement that their content can only be accessed via their own app. They should all provide an open api for access to their content so consumers can search and manage their viewing in whatever app they choose.

[dazk]

Very cool idea, but piracy sounds way more fun

[Shaggy]

Just pirate it ffs. Get IPTV, get on the pirate bay, KAT, Extra torrents etc. When they lose loads of money because of all the piracy, then they will lower their prices and customers might return

[zepesh]

But be aware!! As Wendell said, a media server really is a gateway drug.