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Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Jellyfin on an old computer that you happen to have lying around is free.

You can get videos to watch by going to your library and checking them out and using MakeMKV to rip them to digital format and saving them to the Jellyfin server.

Alternatively, many thrift stores and pawn shops sell DVDs usually for a buck or two.