I paid for the lifetime pass maybe, 10 years ago? I dunno, it’s been a very long time. It’s still my primary. I’ve been trialing Jellyfin, but there are still enough quirks that my wife (non-techie at all) won’t put up with, so yeah. That, and Plex makes it too easy to share outside my house, not sure where Jellyfin is at with it. I appreciate Jellyfin for what it is though, it has a lot of potential.

How do you mean?

We really need a protest movement in itself to get rid of Elmo. Say what you will about Trump, but that dingus is far more dangerous than trump ever could be.

I’m not gen x but I support this message.

Ruh roh raggy

“Bonjour, i’m here to fuck shit up”

Ah sweet, so I can stare at the ceiling until 3am when I hit the bed 4 hours prior

Haha gotcha. I’ll be honest that’d be a brilliant hack if someone managed to make it work.

Of course not, the business model is everything works flawlessly in half the amount of time it should take, and any bugs that crop up aren’t bugs but either features or simply don’t exist.

Wow there bud, oddly specific

Is it really a meme without a certain amount of jpeg?

Eh, probably not imo. Most companies are just cheap, especially if they’re using those commercial dispensers designed to reduce excess use.

Hell, I VPN into my home network all the time to access my self hosted work applications, it’s 10x more secure than leaving ports open to the wider internet.

I’ll be honest, the 3 times I’ve seen it were Samsungs and purchased at box stores. The rest I have no firsthand experience, but I’ve seen enough people bitching about it online.

Good question, I’ve heard rumors that they’ll eventually get upset and throw an impassable splash screen until you reconnect, but I’ve never seen it myself.

Not sure about LG. But it also depends on model as well afaik. Most Samsungs I know that were bought via Walmart, Best Buy, Costco, etc had that issue, but one of my commercial clients bought a couple and it was a non-issue, so ymmv. I typically like Sonys, but I also have a reseller account with them through my wholesaler and get them significantly cheaper than retail.

The problem is that some TVs (cough Samsung) won’t allow you to even use the thing as a monitor until you allow it online.

Neither do I, but you according to this you have to apply for and request an unlock code for the device, as well that the device must be online to authorize the unlock. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

Eh, this won’t stop me from making Jewish penicillin

It tracks with the enshittification that every major tech company seems hellbent on these days