After Netflix’s latest policy changes and a string of bad experiences with Paramount Plus, I’m getting tired of these subscription services, the same way I got tired of Cable TV. Has anyone started moving away from these services or others? Where have you moved to?
Plex is able to be used legitimately at various levels depending on where you live, and in a bit of a grey area that most people are ok with pretty much everywhere in the US.
The grey area is ripping content from DVDs and Blurays that you own. It is technically illegal I believe since you are breaking the encryption on it? But most people seem to not mind because it just doesn’t feel that bad to buy a movie or TV series on a physical disc and then rip it to a hard drive.
You can also pretty easily pair something like Plex with a HDHomerun or similar tuner and a TV antenna to record and stream local TV shows. I’ve almost got all of Walker Texas Ranger recorded now. Plex does a pretty good job of removing commercials also.
I’m not aware of any other legitimate way of watching content in the US without a cable subscription or a streaming subscription?