vynlwombat,

You should tip them too!

Ddhuud,

Like your landlord

Emerald,

Image Transcription: Email

OpenSubtitles

Dear Redacted,

Exciting news! OpenSubtitles.org is undergoing a transformation, retiring the original API by the end of 2023. Fear not, as this paves the way for the advanced OpenSubtitles.com REST API. We also understand, in some scenarios there is no way to use new API yet, so original API will be avaliable from New Year only for VIP Users.

Change is Good: Introducing the 20% Black Friday Treat!

Celebrate with us! Enjoy a 20% discount on a one-year VIP subscription until November 24th, 2023, so you can use original API. Elevate your VIP experience on both www.opensubtitles.org and www.opensubtitles.com. Instead of 15 USD per year you can get this deal for 12 USD.

VIP Advantage: Unlock Exclusive Benefits

  • Usage opensubtitles.org API
  • Ad-Free Web Experience
  • Direct Download Links
  • Higher Download Limits
  • Ad-Free Subtitles
  • User Profile Visibility
  • Contribute to a Greater Cause

Seize this limited-time offer and become a VIP member today. Enhance your subtitle experience - ad-free, seamless, and with higher download limit access.

dan,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Good human.

b0gl,

Lol gotta pay for “adfree subtitles”

pomodoro_longbreak,
@pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works avatar

“Luke, I am [over the moon for these Sobeys™️ rebates!]”

bratosch,

Reminds me of The Truman Show

havokdj,

Are you by chance using K9Mail?

possiblylinux127,

It looks like it

Moonrise2473,

Yes

havokdj,

Thought it looked familiar, was trying to find this tab and thought I closed it lol

x4740N,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

Reminds me of another website that rhymes with schmedddit

WolfhoundRO,

Creddit

rbos,
@rbos@lemmy.ca avatar

Oh, are chocolate rations up to 60 grams now?

skuzz,

No, they’re up to 20 grams now! Isn’t that great!?

Tetsuo,

I had issues in the past with opensubtitles serving malware through fake download buttons on the site.

You had like 6 different buttons to download with only one legit.

Sent them an email and they removed them…

I hardly trust this site and really don’t appreciate they use open in their name and pull up shit like this.

I wish we had some sort of P2P sub hosting… So we don’t have to deal with sites like opensubtitles.

dangblingus,

Should just have a drive link to a trove of SRT files.

TheBat,
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

I have used Subscene (for movies) and addic7ed (for tv shows) without any issues for years.

Moonrise2473,

Well, the fake download buttons that give you malware is all part of the experience. This very email continues later with this:

Unlike non-VIP users, who might face offers, installers, and redirects before accessing subtitles, VIP members have a streamlined and hassle-free download experience.

Summzashi,

Love how nobody actually read their statement here.

marx2k,

lol I got that emaik and read that exactly the same.

Someone should hire that author for a large corporation’s pr department

lemmy_get_my_coat,

Same here. I didn’t understand why I was euphoric after reading the email until I went back and read the words.

Tag365,
@Tag365@lemmy.world avatar

Why is it called “OpenSubtitles” if you have to pay for it to use it in any capacity?

model_tar_gz,

It’s “Open” in the same way that OpenAI is “Open”.

“Open” ≠ “Open Source” or “Open Access”. It’s more like: “Open for Business”.

Tag365,
@Tag365@lemmy.world avatar

Is OpenAI a regular business too?

OprahsedCreature,

According to Wikipedia, it’s a non profit with a for profit subsidiary. Interpret that how you will. Nothing shady or deceptive here.

Anything involving software that uses the word “open” in its title should be legally required to be open source.

mack7400,

Because they’re openly dissing their userbase?

CosmicTurtle,

Probably because anyone can contribute to it. But you have to pay to use them.

Kinda like another website that recently made this change…

bionicjoey,

Monetizing the goodwill efforts of passionate people is so gross.

Mr_nutter_butter,
@Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world avatar

Why we need comuity run sites again lemmy is just the start

olafurp,

I’d pay 3$ per year for 50/day downloads. That will more than cover the operating cost of my extra load on their servers.

marx2k,

You’re free to do that

verdantbanana,
@verdantbanana@lemmy.world avatar

forum.opensubtitles.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1…

what about vlc player?

WolfhoundRO,

And Plex?

kalistia,

giphy.com/gifs/harvey-korman-aKZij6fdoGtOw

Quexotic, (edited )

I have no skin in this game but I think it sounds like they need to change their name from “open subtitles” to “closed captioning”

Edit: stupid STT

Tier1BuildABear,
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

Eyyyyyy got em

SeeJayEmm,
@SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

HOLY SHIT! 12 whole dollars a YEAR to keep using the deprecated API they don’t want to support anymore. What monsters.

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