Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service
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It's a vastly superior experience.
I don't have to deal with annoying authentication, no ads, works on everything, all content is available in a single app/user interface.
Cheap. I split the $40/mo seedbox charge with 3 siblings, we all save on streaming.
I even have audiobookshelf because I like listening to audiobooks.
No music yet, I don't have a good (private tracker) source
Look into Usenet. Much better experience than torrents.
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Look into Usenet. Much better experience than torrents.
I've used Usenet, I can see how it would be good for music. Being able to grab individual tracks on demand would be nice.
What's the software stack used now? Manual downloading nzbs from index sites? or is there an *arr equivalent?
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$2.99 for now
ad free for now
This is step 1 of enshittification, offer a product thats cheaper and higher quality than your competition. Once they have a userbase they'll start tiering their service.
def tryna get ppl to go well its cheaper than a debrid service
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I've used Usenet, I can see how it would be good for music. Being able to grab individual tracks on demand would be nice.
What's the software stack used now? Manual downloading nzbs from index sites? or is there an *arr equivalent?
Lidarr is the one for music
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Lidarr is the one for music
Oh, I didn't know Lidarr supported Usenet. Hmm, thanks I'll look into it
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I'm not negative on this. Streaming apps are easy to cancel and move to something else. Roku will probably raise the price someday and when it's too high, shift off. I checked Roku originals on Wikipedia and they have barely anything significant. A small amount of feature films they have distribution rights to. TV shows, nothing original narrative seems like a hit. Then a bunch of reality shows and like cooking shows.
They're a very long way away from being able to get subscribers on the basis of their original content. Not even Sony has a general streaming service and under them are a bunch of hit TV shows and movies along with their decades of back catalog. Not planning to sub but if I'm insanely bored, I can sub for a month and find some old TV show comedy to put in the background
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The same Roku that added mandatory ads to their home screen after selling the product and promising not to do exactly that?
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-ahh title
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What ad lists are you using?
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
- https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains
- http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
- https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt
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- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
- https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains
- http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
- https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt
Thanks for sharing. I'll compare it to mine when I get a chance. I've been struggling to find good lists for my roku.
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I actually probably spend more on hardware and labour pirating content than I would on multiple streaming services, but at least I don't pad the profits of enshittified platforms, and can watch what I want when I want.
Yeah sure, for the price of my servers i could probably get all streaming-services together for some years
But they're not just for that. Jellyfin is just one of the services that runs on them. But yes, even if not. Better paying 5x for something like that than netflix et al. -
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not that I'm going to use this service, considering roku's sleazy history of thrusting ads into anything they build, but looking at the content: eh, lots of solid b material..... but half of it has $ next to the title.
what the fuck is the point of showing you THE CATALOG if half the shit requires more money? I despise this on Amazon as well. If it's not on the service i'm already subscribed to why the fuck are you cluttering up the UI?
sure, if people want that, let them turn it on, but by default? scumfucks.
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It's not the $3/month ad free Tubi type service that is the bad part. It is the part where it is attached to Roku. That company has proven the kind of trash they are already.
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$2.99 for now
ad free for now
This is step 1 of enshittification, offer a product thats cheaper and higher quality than your competition. Once they have a userbase they'll start tiering their service.
Gamepass anyone?
