I'm currently downloading a show that is on a service to which I subscribe

I have a Galaxy Tab S7 and for a trip to Spain I downloaded some stuff to watch on the flight. When I got on the plane none of the stuff downloaded on Disney+ would play. Maybe an issue with downloading to the SD card? I don’t know, but regardless Disney offers SD card as a download destination so they should make sure it is working.

So now I’m here pirating a show that should be available to me through a service I pay for. Gabe was right, piracy is a service problem.

wonderfulvoltaire,
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    deur,

    Wtf is this Apple astroturfing?

    raptir,

    Dude no. Don’t be ridiculous.

    JohnWorks,

    Not exactly Disney plus but I had a similar issue regarding downloading Netflix shows to an SD card. There’s a setting in Netflix to download to SD card however even if you select it, it won’t work. You have to enable USB debugging and manually force the Netflix app to have SD card access. It’s insane.

    ColeSloth,

    I use the Netflix download to sd every week. It works great for me on my Note 20 Ultra. Never had to force it in debug.

    JohnWorks,

    They may have fixed it recently then. This was something I had to do for the Samsung tablets we got for my nephews earlier this year.

    raptir,

    We were downloading Netflix stuff to my S7 FE’s SD card since January of this year with no issues.

    marito,

    I recently binged the entirety of Better Call Saul on Stremio using the Torrentio plugin. I have a Netflix sub.

    khannie,
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    Just out of curiosity, why?

    marito,

    Pretty much what lessthanthree said. Cleaner interface too. I still have Netflix cause it’s easier for my kids, they’re still young and can’t search by name, they have to look at the pictures.

    lessthanthree,

    Not the user above. But I find Stremio to be a way better experience overall. It’s more convenient and quicker to get to what I want to watch. I’ve been off Netflix for a while, but there were times where the Continue Watching section would just be gone. I’d have to search for the show again and resume. The more services you replace with Stremio, the more convenient it becomes.

    I have not looked into offline playback with Stremio so I’m not sure if that’s a thing.

    CrabAndBroom,

    I’ve done this before with Netflix too. I was trying to watch a show and it was constantly stuttering, pausing and dropping out to unwatchable resolution. I know it wasn’t my internet connection because the torrent for the episode downloaded in like two minutes lol.

    NotMyOldRedditName, (edited )

    I’ve had issues where Prime does something weird with HDR and it causes the quality to sometimes plummet.

    Only have the issue in Prime on that TV,.so I pirate those shows.

    Doesn’t happen with downloaded HDR content or any other service.

    Edit: just to clarify, its not all HDR shows on prime. Only some.

    MigratingtoLemmy,

    I use YouTube to watch clips of films I might like, and pirate them.

    I use YouTube Music to discover music, and pirate them too.

    I don’t subscribe to services. Why should I?

    cows_are_underrated,

    Gabe was right, piracy is a service problem.

    That’s it. The great availability of streamed music(and downloaded for a fair price) is the reason why there aren’t that much people who pirate music anymore, since it’s easier to get it the legal way.

    mihor,

    Shiver me timbers.

    tomo,
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    i basically have to pirate since that web drm stuff all the streaming sites use doesnt like my ancient laptop and im too broke to get a new one lol

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