This is part of why last year I mostly switched to just borrowing DVDs from my public library. Avoiding ads by not paying seems to do the trick rather nicely. The quality and variety is better than what I can find on any one streaming service, too.
The funny thing is the sooner you get off of some particular convenience treadmill the easier it is to stay off.
Endlessly scrolling some algorithmic feed hunting for something to watch can be done without getting off the couch, but it isn't actually fun. Walking to the library with my family to return a stack of books and movies and check out some new stuff is one of the highlights of our weekend.
For anyone who's wondering where to start, I'd like to suggest that your library probably has a copy of WALL-E.
My local library has access to Kanopy, Libby, and Blackstone. And as a Canadian, I've got CBC gem as well.
The available library of films, documentaries, books, and so forth is enormous. All bereft of ads, and mostly bereft of slop.
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They always have to squeeze, crush, and destroy. Rob every customer, ruin every product, so they can enrich themselves.
kkr of all vultures is scary. libraries need to act quick to find alternatives and shut this firm out.
there’s a reason the mere mention of this particular private equity firm causes shivers to anyone who has heard of them.