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bionicjoey, in I'm getting tired of making generally bad OC

Nobody wants OC for OC’s sake. They want entertaining content. Effort is irrelevant. Frankly I looked at your post history and your risa posts aren’t that funny to me. Which makes sense if you’ve been forcing yourself to make them. Humour should come naturally.

originalucifer, in I'm getting tired of making generally bad OC
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

if its a chore you shouldnt be doing it. it should be fun!

for me its a bursting outlet for my nonsense.. not reeallly considering the audience when im creating stuff. i just need to get it out of my brain before it burns a hole.

ive also been surprised by some of the easiest stuff garnering the most attention.

alllllsoo.. ive noticed in the verse this kinda of delayed reaction. ive gotten posts that suddenly gain attention months later as the fediverse does its thing, and the content gets refreshed out there..somewhere.

negativenull, (edited ) in Lemmy Development Update 2023-12-22
@negativenull@startrek.website avatar

Any plans on timing of upgrading to 0.19.x?

I’m just curious.

ValueSubtracted,
@ValueSubtracted@startrek.website avatar

Yes - our current approach is to wait ~2 weeks following a release, in case their are any significant bugs.

In the case of v. 0.19, it appears there have been some significant federation-related bugs, so the wait might be a little longer while we see how it all shakes out.

negativenull,
@negativenull@startrek.website avatar

That seems entirely reasonable. Thank for the info. I was just curious is all.

treadful, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

Or pay the $2.99 extra for commercial free.

EmmaGoldman,
@EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net avatar
BolexForSoup,
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

No.

treadful,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

Yeah, your call. I’m very willing to pay a monthly fee to not have commercials. Whether Prime video is worth it in general is another question…

HopeOfTheGunblade,
@HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social avatar

Cable used to have no commercials. Then they had some commercials, but less than OTA. Now there's no difference. Streaming services started out with no commercials, then it was commercials, but you can pay for no commercials. Soon it'll be pay more, for less commercials, I think there's a service already doing that? Don't reward them for this shitty behavior by throwing more money at them.

Neato,
@Neato@kbin.social avatar

TV used to be free over the air. Commercials were in-show. Often done buy the hosts themselves talking up a product. Pretty much exactly like YouTube and podcasts do now.

Then cable was invented and they charged for it. But commercials never went away.

marx2k,

TV is still free over the air

natecox,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

I’m at the end of my rope with the degradation of value. I want to pay for quality content and lack of ads, I was happy to pay Netflix for this.

Then I fine with paying Hulu.

Then I was less happy to pay HBO.

Then I was even less happy to pay Disney.

When HBO started adding previews to shows I felt like I was at the end of my patience. Then Amazon did it too.

Now Amazon wants me to pay for ad removal… but makes sure to note that even if I pay, “some channels” will show ads anyways.

I’m all out of good will now.

treadful,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

I’m getting there. I don’t mind paying for good content. Though I am starting to mind paying so much across the board and I’m getting tired of everyone having their own platform with its own quirks. Still can’t bring myself to go for Paramount+.

Now Amazon wants me to pay for ad removal… but makes sure to note that even if I pay, “some channels” will show ads anyways.

Haven’t seen that yet. What does that mean, “some channels?” Like for AMC content and shit like that?

Forced ads is my personal red line.

natecox,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

The pre-order page for ad removal (a sentence which makes me feel irrationally angry) notes: “Live TV, Freevee, and channel subscriptions may continue to have ads.”

The email I got seems to define channels as “…like Max, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, BET+, MGM+, ViX+, Crunchyroll, PBS KIDS, NBA League Pass, MLB.TV, and STARZ…”

explodicle,

How much are decent VPNs these days?

Nommer, (edited )

Mullivad is cheap and actually works. Nord sucks, PIA was bought out by an Israeli “ex” spyware company years ago, the rest idk about.

DemSpud,

ProtonVPN and iVPN is some goooood shit

BolexForSoup,
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

+1 for proton

iMastari,

I thought Nord was supposed to be a good service. What happened?

TC_209,

Or pay $2.99/month for a VPN and get access to significantly more commercial-free content.

JoMiran, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

I got Prime for the shipping, so I won’t cancel. If there is anything I really want to watch…🏴‍☠️

BolexForSoup,
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

They’re getting your money anyway and you aren’t putting any load on their servers. I don’t think they mind.

JoMiran,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, that was the point. The service I signed up for remains unchanged and I am still pleased with it. Prime Video was originally a quirky perk full of awful low budget content. If there is anything I like, I will pirate anyway because streaming services cannot be trusted to keep content available. So ultimately nothing has changed for myself or Amazon.

Other than The Boys and Wheel of Time, is there anything else worth watching on Prime?

PS: Never “buy” digital content with DRM. Buy physical media of the stuff you love. It supports the creators and it safeguards your purchase.

ShadowRam,

Grand Tour, Expanse, Clarkson Farm

iMastari,

The Expanse is a great series.

JoMiran,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

I forgot about Expanse. Amazing series. Amos Burton is one of the best SciFi characters of all time.

Rom, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@Rom@hexbear.net avatar

The enshittification of the internet continues unabated.

StillPaisleyCat,
@StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website avatar

Remember viewers are again a product to sell to advertisers rather than customers of a streaming service.

magnetosphere, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@magnetosphere@kbin.social avatar

I assume these will be as carefully and expertly placed as YouTube ads.

ItsComplicated, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

More people need to cancel their subscription. (They most likely won’t though) I am tired of corporations getting away with charging for ads. Not a trend that should ever have been allowed, imo.

metaStatic, (edited )

Literally no one has prime for the streaming service

explodicle,

I might cancel. The main reason we got it in the first place was for Amazon Fresh during the worst of covid.

ItsComplicated,

I chose to cancel a while back. I stopped using prime video, (really didn’t like prime original ads at the start of everything), and usually didnt order enough to warrant the cost for free shipping. Especially since it would take a week or more before delivery.

ComradeChairmanKGB, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml avatar

W Piracy

funkless_eck, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

this story inspired me to create my own home server for yohoho as my nye resolution

RustyShackleford, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

They must want people to cancel, because this is how you get people to cancel. I’m using Amazon less for shipping, there’s so many knockoffs these days, I’m not interested in returns.

teft, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@teft@startrek.website avatar

Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free.

scrubbles, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

The race to the bottom continues

Reverendender, in Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

Believe it or not, straight to cancellation

Bonehead, in Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

All I want is for one of these super rich fucks to start obsessing about preserving Earth and building massive carbon capture plants that also generate clean drinking water from the air. Dump billions into pulse fusion reactors and build them into every carbon capture plant. Create a stable biodome...right here, on Earth. And use the entire planet for the experiment. Can someone please get on that?

reagansrottencorpse,

You don’t get super rich by thinking of others.

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