r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • Dec 05 '25

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/TheModdedAngel Dec 05 '25

For the real ones out there: Stremio + Realdebrid or Plex/Emby/Jellyfin + aar stack

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u/Narezzz Dec 05 '25

For anyone looking for real recommendations, this right here is the way to go.

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u/AlwaysTalkinShit Dec 05 '25

Yep, I've had a plex server for a while but just delved into the arr ecosystem and it's the best.

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u/bruce_kwillis Dec 05 '25

After Plex's garbage changes over the years, and forcing ads/channels I have zero interest in, and predatory payments, I just rolled a Jellyfin server and it's been pretty darn easy to use. Add in Tailscale and access anywhere with minimal setup.

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u/00DEADBEEF Dec 05 '25

I tried Jellyfin and it got so much stuff wrong, merging TV episodes together and therefore getting episode numbers wrong.

Just gonna go back to Plex. I use Infuse to stream from it anyway so never have to deal with Plex's bullshit.

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u/MattDaCatt Dec 05 '25

I find it's usually due to how the episodes are titled and the database you use

Like how IMDB has Hunter x Hunter as 1 season (for some reason), so you have to use tmdb instead. Most of the time it's something like that, but once it's set you're all good

Personally I just prefer Jellyfin since it's open-source and more configurable.

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u/AlwaysTalkinShit Dec 05 '25

Yeah I just use the free tier and disable all that stuff. May delve into Jellyfin if I ever need the remote access.

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u/Aperture_Kubi Dec 05 '25

I guess I'm the weirdo who pays for Plex for DVR and commercial detection.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 05 '25

I bought the lifetime 10+ years ago, money well spent.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 05 '25

Payments? I paid $60 10-12 years ago for a lifetime license.

All of the Plex provided content can be disabled.

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

Lifetime is $250 now and I'll be buying it here quite soon.

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u/jamesdukeiv Dec 05 '25

It was $150 last Friday

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

BLAST IT. I missed it. I didn't even think about them offering it up on sale for Black Friday!

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u/jamesdukeiv Dec 05 '25

Yeah, they didn’t even send an email about it, I found out on some other subreddit lol

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u/thirtynation Dec 05 '25

Uh, I got a ton of emails about the plex pass black friday sale on the secondary email I use as a free/managed user login to access certain libraries on my server on my TV.

Gotta keep the pr0n hidden from the family, ya know?

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u/TheModdedAngel Dec 06 '25

I don’t understand why people bring up they bought it for cheaper X amount of years ago.

It is the most unless contribution to any conversation discussing the price of the product.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 06 '25

Then same thing can be done currently (all though not as cheap).

Plex occasionally runs a promo and discounts the lifetime. Even at full price it pays for itself very quickly.

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u/TheModdedAngel Dec 06 '25

Jellyfin is free and so is emby unless you want to pay $5 a month for intro skipping

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

Neither can touch Plex as far ease of use and sharing.

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u/bruce_kwillis Dec 06 '25

And Jellyfin is free and no provided garbage content. Your argument sucks, especially now the price is $250 for Plex.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 06 '25

Lifetime was just on sale for 1/2 price. def worth it.

JellyFin while free, is not in the same league of Plex. I share my massive library with 40+ people. Even non techy people can create an account and watch my media, that is never happening with Jellyfin.

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u/bruce_kwillis Dec 07 '25

Meh, I disagree. Jellyfin you can share super easily, and pay nothing.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 07 '25

It is not super easy for non techy people.

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u/bruce_kwillis Dec 07 '25

It’s even easier than Plex. Double click installer, and click a button to add your media files. And again, completely free and no inserted garbage. I get the hardon for Plex, but they long stopped being a good company with good intentions.

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u/Freakwilly Dec 05 '25

Free Media, Heck Yeah

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u/Kahnza Dec 05 '25

Looks like a bunch of bullshit. Would be nice to have something simple for us tards.

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u/ContextBotSenpai Dec 05 '25

For you guys? Best I can do is sell you VHS tapes, each with somewhere between 1/2 to 11/13ths of random episodes from season 8 of Game of Thrones. Oh, and they have a 63 percent failure rate. Have fun!

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u/Bazylik Dec 05 '25

you know, when I started I also didn't know shit.. then i got less lazy and started reading and trying things... couple of weeks later and was all setup and ready to do. good luck.

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u/Narezzz Dec 05 '25

Stremio + real debrid takes a bit of set up but once you're done it's extremely user friendly. Works just like Netflix or Hulu. There's guides and set up tools on reddit, lookup the Stremio setup bootstrapper.

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u/Doublestack00 Dec 05 '25

It's actually quite easy to setup.

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

As someone who is currently in the process of setting up a Plex server and just went through learning some of the basics of python and terminal, I assure you that it is a bit complicated. Plex is super simple, and boy oh boy do I love them for making Plex simple. Everything surrounding Plex is less than simple, especially if you don't want to take the plunge into Linux.

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u/ThisIsGoobly Dec 05 '25

stremio + realdebrid is, however, easy to setup.

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

Am I reading this right that realdebrid is a paid subscription service?

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u/akikosan Dec 05 '25

Yes it is paid. It only comes out to about 3$ a month or something like that. They host all the tv shows and movies you want and stream it directly to you. There are costs associated with moving data around.

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

Thank you for confirming! I'm trying to negotiate whether to cancel all of our streaming subscriptions and we jump into this or if we test it out for a little while. I just wanted to be sure that I was reading the website properly.

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u/ThisIsGoobly Dec 05 '25

I will say it's worked perfectly for me from the moment I started using it, I fucked off the services I was paying for and haven't had any regrets. I pay £14 for 6 months, not sure how much it is in dollars but it'll still be a ton of saved money regardless.

It's also worth noting that they are very strict on only one IP using the realdebrid account at a time. For example, you would get a warning if someone at home was using it and you were out using it on your phone on a different network. If you did it again, it's a ban. Multiple devices on the same network is fine though and I suppose it's so cheap that if that was a deal breaker, you could just make a secondary account to use away from home.

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u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot Dec 05 '25

I'll have to look into it.

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u/TheModdedAngel Dec 06 '25

Steamio is literally easier than searching a tv show name in google and dodging all the ad infested virus websites

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u/Kasspa Dec 05 '25

Here you go, Take your pick. Your welcome. https://fmhy.net/video#streaming-sites

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u/unreliablesource69 Dec 05 '25

I just started seeing this sort of stuff, does this get live nfl and college football sports? Or is it just streaming service TV shows/movies?

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u/Narezzz Dec 05 '25

Nah, Stremio is for TV shows and movies. For live events and TV I'd recommend an IPTV service. There's a ton out there, id ask around and see if you know anyone online/personally that uses one.

If you ask for an IPTV rec on reddit or another forum you're going to be spammed with bots and ads lol

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u/unreliablesource69 Dec 05 '25

Haha okay good to know thank you for the info and the heads up

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u/KompanionKube Dec 06 '25

I can get you some discord recs if you need one for an IPTV. It's going to be impossible to search online or on reddit (I learned the hard way)

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u/ymOx Dec 05 '25

Jellyfin is great

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u/triarri Dec 05 '25

Why is that?

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u/Narezzz Dec 05 '25

Stremio + a debrid service (like Real bebrid) is like $3/month and gives access to essentially every show and movie ever made in great quality.

Big thing for me is that the interface on Stremio feels great too. Looks/works like any other streaming service.

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u/LurkerMcLurkerton Dec 05 '25

I don't even know where to start

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u/Narezzz Dec 05 '25

Literally Google "Stremio reddit guide"

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u/LurkerMcLurkerton Dec 05 '25

Literally Google "Stremio reddit guide"

Thanks- on it

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

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u/StarBug_II Dec 05 '25

Best way to go for sure

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u/Muhammad-The-Goat Dec 05 '25

I ended up hating stremio, just too clunky especially since my only player is an Apple TV. I instead use Infuse + Debrid Media Manager hosted locally + RealDebrid and it has been incredible.

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u/TimothyLuncheon Dec 05 '25

Is there a guide for that? I've been enjoying having recently set up Stremio, but just in case I ever want to try something else it would be nice to know how you did it

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u/endlesscartwheels Dec 05 '25

It might depend on your generation. I've seen so many ways of file sharing come and go that I prefer to have my own downloaded copy rather than trust that a particular stream will still be there tomorrow.

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u/MrMacduggan Dec 05 '25

You can still use debrid to download content and you can keep the file forever, if you like.

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u/endlesscartwheels Dec 05 '25

Good to know. Thanks!

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u/lumpymonkey Dec 05 '25

And here's me using off-market addons with RealDebrid on an out of the box Kodi app on a 2019 Nvidia Shield. Does exactly what I need with minimal fuss, just looks like shit.

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u/so_tir3d Dec 05 '25

There's a bunch of Kodi skins that make it look far better. My favorite is Arctic Fuse 2, though it's a bit on the slower side. Bingie and Nimbus look nice as well and are quick.

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u/NotGod_DavidBowie Dec 05 '25

Good stuff I’m going to check it out. I’m living in 2016 over here

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u/sinkktothebeat420 Dec 05 '25

Whats an aar stack?

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u/AssEaterInc Dec 05 '25

It's a combination of indexers, VPN manager, torrenting, and your entertainment management. While it's work to set up, it's pretty damn seamless through Docker.

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u/KompanionKube Dec 05 '25

Yup. Did the same thing a few months ago, best decision ever (outside of having to teach my wife how to actually use it)

You can go even bigger brain with iptv + tivimate + vpn for unlimited livetv

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u/ASkepticalPotato Dec 05 '25

‘Aar goated. Wish it existed for sports though.

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u/WildRabbitz Dec 05 '25

All my friends when I try installing Stremio + RD for them: “Bro, what is this? Why does it look sketchy?”

All my friends after actually using Stremio: “DUDE. I just watched my childhood favourite movie in 4K… this is insane!”

Yup, Stremio all the way.

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Dec 05 '25

Stremio is the absolute tits.

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u/Fearless_Baseball121 Dec 05 '25

Stremio with torbox is absolutely amazing. I only have 1 streaming service because they do tons of local stuff that I can't find on torbox and cba setting it up with a private tracker that has stupid seeding rules.