They really do bend over backwards to ensure that they have an adversarial relationship with their customer base.

Enshitification, in action.

I pirate a ton of shows that I technically could stream but I either can’t be bothered to find my login information or prefer the interface for Plex over the streaming service.

For example, plex not only shows me how much time is left on the video, but also what time that will be. And it doesn’t automatically skip end credits like other services.

I've avoided ads for 30 years now, I'm not stopping now. I would happily send shows I watch a couple bucks an episode and still pirate them so I can avoid ads of products I will never buy. But they don't give you a way to do that.

yohoho

I never watch TV. This week we had to force ourselves to have family nights and watch a Netflix movie. Yeah they're screwed.