[psunavy03]

This is easy to say until the providers start playing DRM fuck-fuck games and you can't get an HD/UHD feed. I gave up using my HTPC and just started using the TV apps because the HDCP troubleshooting was just getting too painful.

[justsomehnguy]

Never had a problem with a content from "High Seas Entertainment(r)(tm)"

[sonicanatidae]

Neither have I. I mainly experience issues when I'm stupid enough to over-pay for some kind of media.

[sonicanatidae]

I'm IT, so managing the HTPC is a bit of nothing to me. Setup a wireless kbd w/ trackpad and it's off.

Once they start locking basic functions behind garbage like that, I'll roll to a large monitor or projector.

What will never happen is me buying a TV, then ceding control of said device to the manuf. They can fuck right off with that invasive garbage.

YMMV.

[psunavy03]

HDCP and walled-garden shenanigans are already an issue. Amazon Prime won't do 4k on PCs. I've run an HTPC for years, and still got forced into their ecosystem because the only way I could get UHD was through their damn smart TV app.

[johnnyanmac]

Tech communities can get a bit overzealous with this, but this is definitely one of the situations where I'd just pirate. They are giving me an inferior service due to discrimination of devices that are 4k-capable, and on top if that they increased prices and added ads late last year. They aren't even trying to earn my subscription.

[sonicanatidae]

They aren't trying to earn your subscription. The model is lack of choice, so you're forced into someone's shitty ecosystem.

I'm with you. Arrrrgggg, matey.

[sonicanatidae]

Yeah, thats why I don't use streaming services much. My partner likes Netflix and that's cool, but until they stop treating the customer like a burden after they paid a fee for a service, I'll continue to sail the high seas.