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Are there alternatives to Netflix? Amazon Prime certainly isn't. Serious question - especially for German audience. I would like something with older and more niche movies. F.x. on Netflix Germany neither is nor ever was a Fellini flick ... actually "Federico Fellini" is not even suggested upon searching for "Fellini".

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2017/oct/...

- Fandor: only US and CAN

- Mubi: also Germany

- Filmstruck: not Germany

- Yaddo: apparently worldwide

(skipped what didn't appeal to me)

discuss

andrei_says_|7 years ago

Kanopy is incredible if you want quality curated worldwide content. Free with your library card, at least in LA.

Filmstruck for criterion collection and worldwide classical cinema. $80/y.

If you have amazon prime you get some blockbusters for free.

Some att plans include hbo go.

Netflix still has some good documentaries but their new releases have been low quality, except possibly for black mirror.

blubb-fish|7 years ago

Kanopy looks quite interesting and seems to be available from Germany.

EDIT: I don't get it ... seems like a special service for people registered a library or university !? :/

Gustomaximus|7 years ago

Australia has 'Stan'. It's good for content. It feels like the old Netflix.

crankylinuxuser|7 years ago

Kind of. I run Streama https://github.com/streamaserver/streama

Combined with ripped dvds and/or pirate bay, can make for a refreshing video streaming service you own and host.

blubb-fish|7 years ago

I left my bootlegging days behind ...

628C6l0|7 years ago

Chinese here. How do you guys reconcile your own torrenting, usage of sci-hub etc with the tendency to portray us as monsters for "theft of American intellectual property"?

I'm granting that we did (and on a large enough scale) for the sake of argument.

Is the idea that it's okay to steal so long as it's stealing from the rich and powerful (netflix, disney, record labels whatever)? If so, do you see how that argument might be something we can also appeal to?

(I would add "genuinely curious", but I feel it's become a device not for canceling for but for indicating sarcasm, so I won't do it)