kill switch

how to: break up with netflix (and spotify, and…)


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Once upon a time streaming delivered a utopian fantasy – anything you wanted to watch or listen to, at your fingertips. Now, we’re saddled with dozens of subscriptions and our digital library is at the whim of big tech companies. Even your Kindle books can be deleted without your consent. Is there another way? Dexter talks to Janus Rose, a journalist and artist, who has a solution to this problem: become a digital packrat. That means keeping all of your favorite digital media locally and setting up your own server. And if you want to try it for yourself, this episode will walk you through how.

Resources:

Janus’s article on 404 – The Digital Packrat Manifesto

Download Plex: https://www.plex.tv/

Download Handbrake (use this to rip DVDs): https://handbrake.fr

Download MakeMKV (not mentioned in the show, but see below): https://www.makemkv.com

### YouTube How-To Links ###

"3 Ways to Start Your Own Plex Server" (15 minutes): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKDSld-CrHU

"Plex Media Server for Mac" (4 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNRcIOf0YYE

"How to rip DVDs with MakeMKV and Use Handbrake for Hardware Transcoding" (15 minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_xdrscVB0Y

Got something you’re curious about? Hit us up [email protected], or @killswitchpod on Instagram.

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