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Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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I pirate a ton of shows that I technically could stream but I either can’t be bothered to find my login information or prefer the interface for Plex over the streaming service.
For example, plex not only shows me how much time is left on the video, but also what time that will be. And it doesn’t automatically skip end credits like other services.
Oh, I really hate when streaming services skip the credits. Especially if they don’t have an option to turn that behavior off.
I especially hate it when I recognize someone and I want to watch the credits to see if it’s really them.
Though cable wasn’t much better. They’d cram the credits onto a third of the screen and then have something else on the rest.