- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Yesterday I watched Spain - Belgium on a live stream on Prime Video. The same stream was available on Netflix and YouTube.
It was like live TV, but properly enshitified. Instead of professional journalists and commenters, you get streamers reacting to the game, improper comments, like and subscribe notices, publicity every time the ball stops, paid viewer comments overlayed on the broadcast. A complete shitstorm.
I realized that this is what the future of live TV looks like. So I think I’m done with it.
The TV from Idiocracy made manifest. How I miss the 90s.
I have a friend who keeps telling me I need to watch this movie. However I just realized I don’t need to, I’m living it.
In idiocracy the president realized he was in over his head and needed a smarter person to fix things
So this is worse.
watch it still, unlike reality, it’s funny, until you realise that even idiocracy is better than this
…Wow.
“What if we took early 2000s cable, and added everything bad about YouTube and Twitch to it?”
Sounds like tv from the outer worlds and cyberpunk 2077
I don’t have local live TV channels so I hooked up a coax antenna to my TV and I got the local Fox station so I watched it on there. Free TV!
Believe it or not, a LOT of people really want this. It’s a lot to do with “choice paralysis”. They can’t choose what to watch, but they want to watch something. I’ve gotta admit I’d like to just be able to go to a sci-fi channel and watch something random.
I’ve gotta admit I’d like to just be able to go to a sci-fi channel and watch something random.
I recently discovered that Sling TV has over 500+ live TV free channels. It’s like Pluto or Tubi but way more channels.
The problem I have with most of these services is that every channel is too hyper-specific, often literally just playing a single show or, at best, 2-3 shows but in multi-hour blocks. Incredibly lazy IMO.
To me, the appeal of linear terrestrial TV is having channels that show a wide variety of things throughout the day. If I wanted to see 24 hours of non-stop Mr. Bean I’d download them and shuffle the folder.
Been meaning to try random Jellyfin plugins that sim tv channels.
https://github.com/binarygeek119/FinTV
https://github.com/DrewThomasson/JellyfinTV
The second one even does custom ads based on channel content. I would love a plugin that queries random retro ads off the internet. Like you’re watching Star Trek and get an ad for the SNES or Supersoaker when shows have scenes designed around commercials, or between episodes.
My Samsung TV has a channel dedicated to stargate.
I turn that on after work and just watch what ever episode from whatever iteration while i decompress from work
Seems like it is geo-locked or down.
All we need now is to bring the feeds into our home for free. Maybe an antennae device of some sort?
Next week - Live talk shows without video! You can order a special subscription package to your car. Now only currency 9.99
