Don't Get SCAMMED By Streamers in 2025

[@WednesdaysVlog]

Piracy is once again better than the legal option. Funny how things come full circle.

[@csdarlington86]

Yep! I used to pirate so much when cable internet became accessible, then streaming came out and it was affordable. So for many years I just used streaming services. Now it’s so split up and expensive I cant afford any of them. So I went back to my pirate life a few years ago.

[@TechYodaSV]

They always do. Greed is a circle.

[@StephenEpic]

This is why I started a plex server. Host it for all my friends and family so we don’t have to worry about what’s streaming where or forgetting to cancel or paying for something we hardly use. I just gather all the content and everyone can enjoy it.

[@imkayjaylea]

Until (like me) you tell your friends and family all the benefits and they still sub to Netflix, Paramount, Prime, etc. 😢

[@spencers-adventures]

Plex is great for sure!

[@csdarlington86]

Plex for the win!

[@Marauder-q2v]

Jellyfin!

[@friskygoat]

Isn't Plex pretty much stealing? You aren't paying for any of the work or entertainment created, are you?

[@JuanEditor]

One of my favorite music streaming services is actually hoopla which you can get through your library. No subscription costs and they have a pretty good collection of albums. You get a limited amount of albums you check out per month but that encourages you to spend more time with each one instead of mass consuming music and not fully appreciating any of it.

[@rflstfnk]

I remember laughing at older generations who spent a lot of money on cable or satellite TV to have access to hundreds of channels and usually watched two or three. I wonder if future generations will laugh at us as those who for many years paid for music they don't have, movies they can't watch, books they've lost access to or games they can't run. I think we have moved too much to the cloud.

[@SaltySoggy]

If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing. If you wanna support creators then support them directly through donation links or merch

[@spencers-adventures]

Supporting directly is a great way to go 👍

[@VladiDusil]

Your channel is building steam, love to see it happen for you, Spencer. Keep it up!

[@spencers-adventures]

Thanks very much buddy - I appreciate the support!

[@Pepsiphopia]

Used spotify for almost 10 years. Almost 1000 dollars down the drain and I don't have any of the music in my collection.

[@spencers-adventures]

I felt a similar way. Now I've been slowly building up a DRM-free library of music purchased online. It's been great!

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

You might have talked about this, but how are you playing your DRM-free music and why are you doing this over CDs for instance?

[@AceRamone]

I joined Netflix in 2005. It was much better when you could order dvds. You could order what you wanted and not what they're pushing on you to watch nowadays with streaming.

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

Another great video Spencer. I really like your final point. I’ve recently been trying to do both physical media and streaming services, but I like how you framed it particularly- that if one ever needs to cut costs, you can pause the streaming services, knowing that you’ll have your baseline curated collection of your favourites. Then the streamers become more of a nice luxury rather than it feeling like they are essentials. Do you have a podcast? I like your channel a lot, but I don’t like spending tons of time on KZbin and think the subjects you cover lend themselves very well to longer discussions.

[@spencers-adventures]

I have considered a podcast but just haven’t gotten around to it yet - I’ll for sure try to put out a podcast in 2025. Thanks for the comment!

[@TechYodaSV]

Also, if you’re willing to ditch the cases and inserts an old school DVD binder can hold hundreds of discs in a very small amount of space. You can hide that in one shelf of the entertainment center. All you need is a decent blueray player. Some last gen gaming consoles can be had super cheap and can play bluerays well.

[@spencers-adventures]

That’s a great point. DVD binder is for sure on my radar. Thanks for the comment!

[@duncanohoge]

When I read the title I thought that you were referring to live streamers at first.

[@SteveW-w9e]

I used to subscribe to a lot of these places but I found that after watching what I wanted to see there wasn't really anything else to watch. As for music I use KZbin music as I'm a premium user and music comes with it. I pay £12.99 for KZbin and £1.99 for OneDrive for my storage. That's it. I may drop KZbin too in 2025 as I'm buying CDs again for music and I can take the adverts for videos.

[@CHKDG8]

Been sailing the high seas since the mid 90s

[@TechYodaSV]

🏴‍☠️

[@frederikahle4456]

I still stream my music (youtube music) but I have been buying physical movies for about a year.

[@LukeLunn]

I just watch the free stuff like Pluto and Buy DVDs at Goodwill. I dont watch a lot of new shows but every once in a while ill have a show i want to watch, and ill just resubcribe and cancel when I'm done

[@spencers-adventures]

That’s a great balance of streaming and physical media! Thanks for the comment 👍

[@jeanp.5929]

Showing Scorsese's pic every time you mentioned Marvel movies (6:42 / 8:23) is devilish.

[@dyskelia]

You don’t even need internet with physical media 🥰🥰

[@RobertQuant]

Exactly physical media forever 👍👍💽💽📀📀💽🤙🤙🤙

[@scmcarthur]

I don't care much for movie/Tv steaming services at all these days. I only paid for Apple Music ( I also buy Cd's/ a little vinyl ) and my wife only subscribes to one movie/TV service at a time. Makes you more patient for the shows you want to watch and creates fiction which I believe is a good thing.

[@spencers-adventures]

Agreed, having too little friction can be an issue!

[@Sakurasan2023]

Great video 📹 👍

[@iansonyoutube]

I usually have one per month. Will watch stuff I want for the month I pay for Netflix then cancel it and sign up for Disney. Having loads of them at once is just a waste of time and money.

[@spencers-adventures]

Agreed! Sounds like you’ve found a good system that works for you 👍

[@RobertQuant]

Streaming is a scam 😅is basically cable the prices are going higher and higher and u paying so much to watch movies in cheap quality same with music physical media is the best way to listen to better sound quality albums on cds 💿 or records and support ur favorite artist 🧑‍🎨

[@juanelo6221]

Gracias por la pista de español, saludos desde México

[@adamwragg4606]

It's a tricky thing streaming. I've got apple TV and paramount atm and it costs about £17 a month so I'm considering cancelling but I am continuing to watch shows on there so it's an ongoing thing I think 😅

[@spencers-adventures]

Agreed it can be tricky! From what I’ve seen Apple is the best value of the bunch, but each has something to offer. I think once you finish up whatever you’re watching on one, cut it loose! Hope you’re having a good holiday and new year Adam :)

[@adamwragg4606]

@spencers-adventures yeah apple is the one that's making me spend and I don't want to but may have to cut it loose soon 😂yeah I did thanks, quiet one as always bud nice. Hope you did!

[@jessieoskins3389]

Can you unsubscribe to a streaming service and go back to it when they add something you like?

[@spencers-adventures]

Oh ya, they're happy to take your money whenever! I think you can sign up, cancel, and sign up again without issue 👍

[@RebrandSoon0000]

Ahoy :)

[@xh2633]

Watch these services crash due to like a major hack or the internet shutting off haha.

[@phillybewillin]

Zilla XR is my go to, duck Netflix

[@drsaper]

Putting Scorsese for Marvel was a great joke.

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

My 2 pence: having access to all music through a streaming service is so much better than having access to a large movie and tv catalog. I just find there’s a lot less bloat in music compared to a good chunk of Netflix for instance. You make a very good point Spencer about how streaming services allow us to jump around between genres and dip our toes into different things, but, and I can only speak from my experience, I find a music streaming service fantastic for this. Something like Netflix or Apple TV or whatever, I find it’s all far more samey - a lot of top shows all seem to be led by trends. There are a number of reasons for this I guess - studios and broadcasters taking fewer punts for one. Having Netflix doesn’t mean I’m checking out obscure genres, whereas I do this on Apple Music.

[@Wally_stad]

Game recognize game. Nice Profile pic my friend. A hole in one even.

[@RobertQuant]

Feel sorry for u spending all that money not to own anything 😅😅😅😅

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

@@RobertQuant yeah no absolutely, its a shit situation I agree with you

[@georgwilliamfriedrichhegel5744]

TBH KZbin, even with the ads, has all the content I could ever want to watch. Plus it's the only place I can catch new episodes of Spencer's Adventures!

[@TechYodaSV]

This. I pay for premium to support creators, but literally everything is on it for free. Even Disney stuff. You may not get the entire catalog but it’s more than enough.

[@georgwilliamfriedrichhegel5744]

@@TechYodaSV Exactly! I already pay for the internet, and it's like it comes with a free streaming service with everything I could ever want on it.

[@lathirak]

I'm being served an ad every minute wth is going on.

[@spencers-adventures]

In this video?? I hope not

[@beatbuildersstudio]

Please learn the definition of a scam. It's not a Scam to provide a service. They give you the service you signed up for. That's not a SCAM.

[@spencers-adventures]

Okay Netflix CEO

[@RobertQuant]

Sorry to be mean Spencer but that’s Capps 🧢🧢🧢 No streaming services pay artist for there music everyone knows that u mentioned qooovazzz is still a streaming services Artist get payed for their physical media cds 💿 or records that’s it Streaming services robbb Artist money 💰 and they take all the money from them

[@spencers-adventures]

I agree that physical or digital album sales trump streaming services as far as payout to artists, but if someone is going to stream you can certainly select the highest paying option, even if it’s relatively low compared to album sales 👍

[@moonlightprincess449]

I don’t care for streaming services as much

[@discman15]

🏴‍☠️

[@jeremykrall1694]

But do you really own the media that you are "buying"? Or are you just paying for the "right" to use it in the format that you spent money on? Which makes either option pretty sad.

[@PupsiStreams]

What are you even trying to say man

[@spencers-adventures]

I get where you're going with this idea, and as formats go out of date it does become harder to watch that media. But the reality is that if I own the complete series of Friends, I don't have to worry about which streamer has passed the rights of the show on to another, and chasing around my favourite shows between subscription services.

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

It’s a very good question

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

I think it depends on the media. For instance with music, you might prefer to have the CD, but you also can legally rip it to a FLAC file and you own that too and then down the line FLAC could most definitely be converted into whatever file format comes next. The same isn’t true of DVDs/Bluray unfortunately