I’m devastated! Holy fuck it’s the end of such a great resource. Is there any other plex share communities active at all?

  • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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    I’m still trying to figure out how reddit expects to “become profitable” while simultaneously destroying everything that made it valuable.

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      “Become profitable” is just their stated goal.

      I think that their actual goal is to look profitable for the upcoming ipo so that the CEOs can cash a fat check and leave. They likely don’t care about what happens after that.

      So the “become profitable while simultaneously destroying everything that made it valuable” platitude is more like “they’re cutting down the tree for the wood without thinking about the squirrels”

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        It’s more like “cutting down the forest to harvest the wood once” rather than “manage the harvesting so that it can be generating wood for generations”. It’s typical capitalism.

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        But are investors this stupid? Who invests in an IPO without doing research on the company’s activities? If they check the internet and it’s countless articles about how their users and moderators are pissed and leaving, why would anyone think it’s going to be profitable?

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          The sad thing is that reddit will probably do alright for at least a few years. It may not be an awful investment in the short term.

          That said, it’ll slowly burn out and investors will be left holding the bag. But that’s alright, because Steve Huffman will have gotten his payday and retired to the decommissioned missile silo that he converted to luxury apartments in case of doomsday. All he had to do was fundamentally change the way people use the internet by selling the company that his two smart buddies created.

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        But there are only so many Elon’s that would buy a sinking ship for a shit ton of money.

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          That’s the dumbest part. There’s no guarantee that this ipo bid is going to pan out. Huffman is betting big, it’s just too bad he’s so full of himself that he doesn’t realize his actions will probably be what causes this ipo to fail.

          He wanted to fly under the radar and make changes that look good on paper while keeping the community relatively the same. Instead he made a splash so big that major news outlets are still talking about it months later, and now he’s actively alienating the volunteer work that holds the whole site together.

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          Not sure if I’m misunderstanding your comment but… it’s an IPO, they’re going from private to public. Twitter was the opposite, which is unusual. Right now Steve Huffman is the musk of reddit.

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      I mean, Facebook is also “profitable” but it’s still an utter shitehole content- and community-wise

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    Reddit destroyed a lot of communities & their own brand in the name of greed & corporate profits. Fuck them straight to hell.

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    Reddit has been shit, but let’s be honest. That sub was filled to the brim with illegal offers for money. Lawsuits waiting to happen.

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    lol @ complaining about services being removed in a piracy community

    Make your own server, host it offline. You won’t have to rely on anyone else. That’s what the community is about at its core.

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      I don’t have the time or resources for that. If you can’t understand that it’s not something everyone is up for then you’re ignorant.

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        If you don’t have time or resources for that I’d suggest to check on Streamio or even Kodi with a Real Debrid account, you won’t need anything else.

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          I used to do that, but found it lacking. It only offers the most popular shows. Anything slightly niche or old is generally either not available or shit quality.

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            Well, you did it wrong, Real Debrid caches basically anything you would ever watch, old stuff should be fine, niche stuff maybe, I am not entirely sure, but be aware that niche or specific stuff is a pain in the ass to get.

            To be honest I use both solutions, the aforementioned and Plex, but my server is filled with latin Spanish content like some cartoons from the 90s and further which it would be very hard to find in good solutions, like Real Debrid, but I’m pretty sure they are available on English.

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              No I fucking didn’t, lmao! How bizarre. Go try to find life(2007). You won’t. I have access to it and I ain’t paying shit. Go try to watch the entirety of 8otc does countdown. It’ll start getting wonky around s13. I have access to the entirety in correct order and I ain’t paying shit.

              How about season 1 of the great british bake off? How about the entirety of the eric andre show? How about the gong show with micheal myers?

              Seriously bro, I know my needs. Debrid is only good if you’re watching whatever’s on trending.

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                “I have my needs but I’m not willing to do anything to meet them other than complain online that other people aren’t doing the legwork for me”

                Goddamn when did this kind of entitlement become acceptable and even encouraged in the larger piracy community?

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                  I am meeting them champ ;) I was explaining why debrid isn’t a suitable alternative. Perhaps your issue is you just have terrible reading comprehension?

                  For some reason you are hellbent on seeing some kind entitlement or negative angle to this, but I suppose we all get a bit curmudgeony with age. Perhaps that explain your reading comprehension too. Or maybe you’re a bit bitter because I called you ignorant, hmm? Chin up lil guy.

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    It’s amazing they lasted as long as they did considering most people there were selling access to pirated media and the such.

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    Just found out about Plex Sharing thanks to your post. sorry I have nothing to add but im also very interested in finding one such servers.

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    Is there a jellyfin sharing community on lemmy ? I ditched Plex years ago but I’d love to share my jellyfin server with folks.