Cool. I plan to continue not using Netflix. Seems like this arrangement is working out great for both of us.
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When that happens I'll be gone. I'm already at the end of my rope when pausing to read something on the screen and two seconds later they fill my paused screen with an advertisement. It's starting to seem to me that everything happening in the world today is to deflect from the sneaky invasiveness of company's wanting to sell you their shit.
Time to swap media with your friends on portable hard drives and USB sticks again baby!!!
Y'all still payin for Netflix?
I came in only to ask that same question. Thanks.
I wish I could cancel my subscription, alas I have none.
I'm so angry, I'm not going to give them money three times harder!
I plan to pirate even more :D
Not to pimp out my YouTube channel, but I made a video recently about some streaming alternatives to Netflix that are ad-blocker friendly. (Though I have to describe those things in different terms so YT doesn't nuke the video.)
It's right here if anyone's interested. There are chapters in the description too if you're a TLDW type person and don't want to sit through the whole thing, which I totally understand.
There is a great episode on the podcast “99% invisible” called “enshitification “ that precisely describes this action. Every device or ‘service’ will do this once they feel they have you locked in. The case study was about John Deere and Apple, but applies here too. Interesting that John Deere settled their case and had to pay $99 million.
Sounds like a really interesting concept that podcast invented
Surely they gave credit where credit is due.
Edit: indeed they did.
Hey ! Looks ! This thing it's called jellyfin. It's installed on something that's called Truenas. It's doing the same thing as netflix.
That's just misinformation. I put some shows onto a Jellyfin instance and not a single one has disappeared. Not even an email about something being dropped soon. So that's a core part of the Netflix experience you're just not getting with Jellyfin.
Heck, it doesn't even randomly force me to watch in 1080p or 720p despite being on the 4K plan and the show/movie being available in 4K. It's like Jellyfin isn't even trying.
The last drop in the bucket for me was when Jellyfin didn't show any ads.
Maybe we should fork an Enshittyfin and add these vital features.
There’s also Emby and Plex.
Yeah, and Plex is also enshittifying. Fuck Plex. Go FOSS or go home.
Netflix plan to bring even more ads to even more parts of it's service.....and I plan to continue not being a customer.
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I'm glad I unsubscribed to Netflix.
It would be hilarious if all those company killed by streaming platform suddenly crawl back up from hell and make physical rental widely available again.
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Clips is a TikTok-like vertical video stream where users can scroll through excerpts from Netflix series, films, and specials, as well as trailers for upcoming titles.
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Disney+ has "Verts". It's fucking ridiculous.
It's wild to watch these companies chase after one another with no thought. Just "TikTok is popular! Can we be TikTok?!?!???"
You have a product. Do that product well. Fuck!
I mean, do they have to fuck or is that optional?
You get 2 chances at guessing the correct answer tot hat.
CEOs are really herd animals, always looking what the other guy is doing and living in a continuous fear of missing out the next big thing. It sure doesn't help with shareholders breathing down their neck pushing for short term profit and growth.
I mean, I agree, but at the same time you've got to be trying to keep up or your business dies. Like, if blockbuster has tried to compete with Netflix instead of ignoring it, we'd still have blockbuster
Block buster didn't have ads turning the movie, just some trailers you could skip. Plus when I went to block buster we'd find something(s) and go home an watch it. Not this scroll through a mountain of the same crap in different categories just to maybe find something after a much longer period of time.
Fuck we had it good with blockbuster.
No we didn’t. Blockbuster was the soulless corporation that killed all the smaller stores, which were actually good. Fuck Blockbuster.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blockbuster-sued-over-late-fees/
we also had ads in the store. you got good at tuning them out. i remember gettting lost trying to find a movie because i forgot we had an animated section. first day at the new store.
The only ads in the store I remember where card board signs similar to what you see at the theater. That's not at all the same as 1 or more 30 second unskippable add.
there were also these TVs in the store. sometimes we'd get to watch movies, sometimes they'd have these ads on them. one summer i was working 3 or 4 jobs i can't remember (it was a summer) and one of them was blockbuster.
Sure, but is this actually a good idea?
The argument would be that these "short form videos" improve discoverability. I can't speak for Netflix (since I'm not subscribed), but I am subscribed to Disney+. I completely agree that the discoverability in the Disney+ app is bad. But I'm also subscribed to Hulu, which is now owned (fully) by Disney. The discoverability in Hulu is actually pretty good.
Everything that is "Disney+ Exclusive" is only available using Disney+. Everything that is "Hulu Exclusive" is available on both Hulu and Disney+. So Disney+ has everything I want, but the app sucks.
The plan is by the end of 2026 to turn down the Hulu app and only use the Disney+ app. So, is Disney improving the Disney+ app? Nope, they're adding "Verts".
This is what bothers me. If you have an interesting idea to improve your app, do that. If you're just chasing the current flavor of the week, stop. Spend that time doing something useful.
It's also by far the slowest TV app in my experience. All the others are pretty snappy, but Disney+ is like special ed.
i think the verts is more competing with youtube's competing with tiktok, yeah. but i also think i'm very much not the target audience. i'm a long form video. if i'm going to give the filmmaker the respect of my time, give me the respect of at least thirty minutes of plot dammit. or at least thirty minutes of michael bay level explosions and a bowl of popcorn. fill me with bread and send in the clowns dammit. fuck dammit i had to mention bread. the baker gets to the bakery in an hour i bet i could pinch a loaf. look what you've done.
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Morons… cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.
Morons or masters of revenue?
We all hate it, but for every one of us who will cancel there’s ten more who will just keep paying no matter how bad it gets.
Just takes one show and a lack of motivation to self host a solution, and these companies own every popular show and nearly the entire pipeline of creation.
Advertisements work so well everybody is trying to put them everywhere to make more money. It’s just that simple. Reddit is effectively full vertical video and photo content if you browse the site without logging in, because a few second video format is enough to slip in a quick ad without triggering people as much as a long format ad does, like infomercials of yore.
If we want the ads gone we need to regulate them away.
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Enshittification is inevitable. The only variable is how long it takes.
Cancel your subscription & come over to the Dark Side! (I do recommend learning some basics beforehand though)
Yes that. Come to the dark side, we have 🍪
Do it!
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