Exciting news for who? Only the site owner is excited that a free resource now requires a subscription

“Yay! Now I have to pay another subscription! I’m so excited! Let’s celebrate with them!” - nobody

  • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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

  • Tag365@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

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

  • ilega_dh@feddit.nlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Gather all the worlds subtitles under the guise of being “open” and then bait and switch when you’re the largest subtitles database out there.

    The free API had a limit of 20 subs/day, you’re not going to tell me those server costs were significant.