• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      There’s also tons of movies and TV shows on the Internet Archive because there’s absolutely no content moderation there.

      It will take you a lot of browsing because their search function sucks, but you will find a lot of things to watch.

      Just do it soon because that’s going to come back to bite them in the ass.

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        Audiobooks as well. My wife only ever listens to audiobooks she can stream from the library and she has yet to run out of things to listen to after years of doing so.

        Libraries are less likely to do movie streaming because the service costs them a lot more, but it’s definitely worth checking.

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        Mine does.

        You can digitally “lend” a movie for a week and stream it once during that time. It’s free, but more cumbersome than the high seas.

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      I just read LG has stopped manufacturing blueray players. Meaning, soon, the dvds/bluerays at your local library will be defunct :(

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          Fair enough. Its not a great sign that this is likely to continue.

          Thinking about it, i wonder how many vendors rely on big players like LG for parts.

          You know, like in the phone market and car market for example. Vendors use parts and designs from other vendors all the time. Googles folding screen comes from samsung. In fact, samsung make parts for a ton of other manufacturers.