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As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

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[–] [email protected] 238 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Cancel your sub and don’t renew it. This shit will only continue getting worse if people continue paying for it

[–] [email protected] 138 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I canceled Prime as soon as they announced they were adding ads and I let them know that was the reason. Fuck them. We moved to streaming because it wasn't cable, now these fuck heads are trying to turn streaming into cable. Capitalism is the fucking worst.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm busy with work lately, but I'm investing into setting up Jellyfin, and the moment that's running, I'm canceling as well.

Would cancel sooner, but I'm not the one that actually uses it, so this was the compromise.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Trash guides.

That'll get you sorted.

The arrs are amazing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I've got a full *arr setup so far - just need to iron out a few kinks before I can consider it "done". Mainly just dealing with my server computer being incredibly slow with - I assume - transcoding.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you’re steaming on your local network you should be able to disable transcoding on your clients.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ahh, I didn't know that was an option. I'll give it a shot - thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Man for me it's the iGPU via Intel.

I have an i3 with an Intel IGPU and it'll murder any transcode I throw at it.

If you don't want to rebuild.. I think a quadro 2000? Is the sweet spot for cost vrs power.

But do your own research... I'm really rusty when it comes to suggesting gpus for servers.

https://www.serverbuilds.net/ is a great resource for that stuff. They have handy transcode guides there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, my current server is an old all-in-one, so adding a GPU will be difficult. My plan is to make due for now until I can get some proper hardware.

The current plan is - rather than bringing the hardware up to spec - I'll try bringing the spec down to the hardware, by pre-encoding everything to something like H264. (While keeping originals, since I have the space.)

Thank you for the response and the resource, though! I'll definitely check it out!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

When my server crashes.. I'm going tiny. Beelink S12 Pro Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz), 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB PCIe SSD, Desktop Computer Support 4K Dual Display/USB3.2/WiFi 6/BT5.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office https://a.co/d/gZYihvd

And a 3.2 enclosure

Mediasonic USB 3.2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type C | USB-C (HF7-SU31C) Support 18TB HDD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078YQHWYW

And you're welcome!

Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ditto, but Plex. I know Plex has its issues, but I need stability and ease of use since I share streaming apps with 4 other households.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Plex works on my truenas server with no dedicated gpu. Jellyfin didn't. Simple as.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Jellyfin is the way. I've been running my server for 2 years now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Funny enough, cable started without ads either.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I only have it because I have prime for shopping. If they were separate fees, I would not have streaming.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (6 children)

If you live near a regional transportation hub it probably won’t make a difference on your delivery times. We dropped prime when our “1 day” deliveries kept turning in 3 day deliveries and never saw a difference.

And honestly a lot of the stuff I used to get on there isn’t even cheaper on Amazon anymore. Half the time if I check the manufacturer website they’re having a sale or have no shipping costs or cover returns longer, something like that. YMMV, you know your situation and needs better than me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You may as well buy from Aliexpress if you are shopping on Amazon. The only difference is the price and the transit time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Aliexpress is great for the cheap useful stuff for around the house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Electronics too (like LEDs, microcontrollers, and sensors not phones and TVs). Often brands have a store on both Ali and Amazon but Ali is cheaper with longer shipping times of basically a week to a week and a half.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, aliexpress is where I go to buy random PCBs for projects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

...and the fact that if you're straight-up scammed on Ali, no one cares? Whereas Amazon always refunds with no questions asked...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm about 6 years completely Amazon-free. A key component of the switch was realizing a lot of the random stuff I'd buy (mostly cycling equipment) is cheaper on eBay with faster shipping. The irony is that the seller is likely the same one on Amazon and the items would be delivered by Amazon Fulfillment Services.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been going back to eBay more recently as well! If anything I feel more confident that what I get on eBay is going to actually match the listing, since AFAIK they don’t do the same insane “jumble all items with the same ID code together in a bin and hope all the sellers were honest about it being real” system Amazon uses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The only reason I don't is that I can buy a bunch of stuff from Amazon and get it in one or two boxes, instead of a bunch of stuff from all over the country in a bunch of boxes. It's about saving a little bit of carbon emissions.

Does it make a significant difference? Absolutely not. But it makes me feel better. (Also Amazon packages are more often reusable. The boxes and paper packing are better than eBay bubble envelopes and bubble wrap encased in packing tape.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Decades of retro game collecting experience leads me to agree :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

For me its kinda worth it. I can can next day or same day delivery, which is kinda nice when Im an impatient ass. Also I share it with my family, so we all make use of it.

If it were just me, definitely would not be worth it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

This doesn't work for me. Regional hub is 20 miles from me. Two day shipping is now just "free shipping over $35 and takes a week to arrive.

I agree with your other points though. Amazon isn't the cheapest option anymore. My local Walmart is actually better. I know Walmart is still a shit company but still...better in terms of getting what I need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yep I still get my orders in 2 days, free shipping. Haven't had prime in 2 years

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I live near multiple regional hubs. I have no subscription myself. It takes them 4-7 days to get my package to me.

My friends who live on the same block as me gets them in 1-2 days with their prime memberships

This includes if we both order the same exact things.

So yeah, YMMV

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same, and even that is getting worse. I feel like I have to fight with the search algorithm to actually find what I want for the best price. Most of the time, I could order something better from another retailer for a better price and still get free shipping. They don't even do free returns anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I notice a lot of stuff has paid shipping if you dont order the correct stuff.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Yep, you have to filter for free shipping. You also have to filter for fast shipping, or you might get some "Two day shipping (ships in two weeks)" bullshit. And then you have to mentally filter out the "sponsored" results which may not be what you're looking for at all. Searching for a hard to find hat size? Top result is perfect, has free same day shipping, and is a reasonable price. Oops, except when you click on it, you have to pick a different size, which isn't available in that color, costs more, snd ships out of Mongolia.

Fuck Amazon Prime.

Although Fallout was good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I hope they know I'm not watching anything on their platform.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same. And I still steal Prime videos. Why hassle?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Just because I have the service doesn't mean I don't also have backups some items.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I started acquiring my prime videos elsewhere even though I have prime

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Say it out loud. We're both pirating content we've paid for. What a dumb system.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I've done the same with Netflix for years and previously had the 4 streams 4k plan up until they implemented their bullshit password sharing rules. Now I have the $6.99 plan and only keep it because my MIL babysits for us and likes to watch all the K dramas on there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I deleted my Amazon account a couple years ago and haven't looked back. Everyone has their own needs, but I'm just letting you know: it can be done!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Did it this last cycle. Didn't renew, don't miss it. In fact the announcement of adding more ads into the video service I didn't want, but had to pay for to get prime lead to me just leaving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

And become a pirate!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I don’t pay for prime for the video though, I do it because 10 members of my family like the 2 day shipping lol the video is just icing that we honestly rarely use. Just “The Boys” and “Clarksons Farm” really