That hasn’t been a concern for me since the early days of the modern smartphone era. But I can see it being an issue for older phones with worn out batteries or something.

Piracy is whatever. Using an old school ass MP3 player in 2023 is unhinged though. I’m sure their phone can do whatever that MP3 player can do just as easily.

“Looking into”

I’m sure the API fees plus Twitter’s woes made it not worth it. I also imagine the use wasn’t that high, Twitch integration is much more important.

I already cancelled my subscription. I’m going to the subscription hopping plus piracy route now for D+.

There’s also not much people can do besides trying these work arounds and trying alternative options. YouTube has been the biggest video host for a decade for a reason, so a true alternative will take time.

I already cancelled my Disney+ subscription earlier in the year. I’m just letting it ride out. After that, I will either do the subscription hopping thing where I only sub when something I want is airing, or just add Marvel stuff to my piracy rotation.

The difference is that you need to subscribe to multiple services now to get everything you want, instead of just one.

I use PIA, and so far torrents still work. It sounds like the film studios are going after smaller VPNs or VPNs that make it obvious that they’re piracy friendly.

Wallet and phone in the right pocket, keys in the left for me.