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A phone with the Netflix logo and the YouTube logo in the background.
Autoplay is terrible—turn it off on your favorite apps

I'll choose what I play next, thanks.

A laptop screen showing the movie Drive My Car in a Jellyfin web interface with ElegantFin theme applied.
Jellyfin's update broke my custom Netflix skin, so I switched to this instead

Maybe it was best not to imitate the company responsible for sorry excuses for movies, anyway.

Web OS TV on a wall
3 ways to make your old smart TV feel new again

Breathe new life into that old TV panel.

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Projectivty Home Screen
I ditched the default Android TV home screen—here's what I use instead

Home screen launchers aren't only for phones.

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Spotify is trying to make audiobooks more like podcasts

Frequently updated charts for audiobooks in every genre.

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NVIDIA Shield TV Pro sitting on a black background.
The NVIDIA Shield is still getting better with the latest update

10 years old and still getting updates.

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Illustration of a clapperboard, a popcorn bucket, and a drink cup, along with the Plex and Jellyfin logos.
Plex isn't the best media server platform anymore

The increasing hardware costs make paywalled features less tolerable.

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youtube premium on an iphone
YouTube Premium Lite is getting 2 features from the full Premium plan

Background playback and offline downloads for half the price.

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A happy woman sitting on a bean bag, holding a remote control, with several Netflix recommendations in the background.
Netflix keeps recommending the wrong shows—here's how to fix it fast

Remove bad signals, clean up your watch history, and retrain Netflix to recommend shows you actually want to watch.

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A woman's hands holding vinyl records with an mp3 tag.
This new audio format could replace MP3 and Opus

The makers of the AV1 video format have started the Open Audio Codec.

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A pair of headphones surrounding a large green Spotify logo, with additional Spotify icons floating on a bright blue background.
I changed this overlooked setting and instantly improved Spotify's audio quality

Improve your Spotify listening experience with just a few taps.

Illustration of a clapperboard, a popcorn bucket, and a drink cup, along with the Plex and Jellyfin logos.
You don't need Plex—here are 5 free alternatives that work just as good

You always have a choice!

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a hand holding a phone with youtube premium logo on the screen.
The YouTube Premium features I shouldn't have to pay for

Making the free version worse doesn't make Premium better.

Illustration of the Jellyfin logo with a movie clapperboard on the left and a bucket of popcorn on the right
These 3 Jellyfin plugins finally make it a worthwhile Netflix replacement

What's a cool open source project without useful plugins?

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Illustration of a hand swiping the Spotify logo, with green motion streaks representing gesture shortcuts.
The 6 Spotify gestures every subscriber should know

Stop digging through menus, use gestures instead.

Someone sitting on the couch watching a Roku TV with earphones in
Why streaming apps keep showing you stuff you don’t like (and how to fix it)

The fatigue is real.

The Jellyfin app icon surrounded by other streaming apps on a Google TV interface.
4 things I regret after replacing Netflix with Jellyfin

It isn't all rainbows and unicorns in the home media server world.

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YouTube TV logo over brands
YouTube TV's cheaper bundles, Windows 11 25H2, Discord's bad update, and more: News roundup

Everything you may have missed this week.

Victor Frankenstein looks horrified in Frankenstein
Netflix must learn from its 2026 Oscar movies if it plans to acquire Warner Bros.

Netflix could be celebrating at the Oscars, but it shouldn't take these wins for granted even if it becomes one of Hollywood's biggest companies.

Bad Bunny performing at the Apple Music halftime show in 2026.
How Apple saved the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Apple has revitalized the Super Bowl halftime show by turning it into a music-first experience that extends beyond the performance.

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