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

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[–] remon@ani.social 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (18 children)

I'd say piracy ... but it's definitely no cheaper the way I do it (at least not short term).

But if you have some spare storage and don't need a huge amount of content, that's a good option.

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 5 points 4 days ago (17 children)

What are you spending the money on? Physical sever devices? Electricity?

[–] paranoid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (4 children)

It's definitely the hard drives. A 1tb SSD is about $150, and can definitely get you far, but it's never far enough

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How long would it take to watch 1 TB of video? A lifetime?

[–] chisel@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

A single bluray movie will run around 50GB and full TV shows can easily be 100s of GBs.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Haha. That depends on a few factors. If you're going to the highest fidelity possible, you could fill 1tb up with about 20 UHD movies at ~50gb each.

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