Good thing they’re raising prices again!

  • PotjiePig@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lol I cancelled Netflix and returned to the high seas a little while ago. Turns out I don’t even want to pirate Netflix shows either.

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      1 year ago

      Our family has a subscription. I’ve watched a few netflix originals. I would never think to watch them on Netflix. It is so insanely more convenient to just download them and do with them as I please.

      I suppose if you’re yarr-illiterate it might be tolerable. Until they start showing ads anyway.

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          Because you get to dictate how you watch the content; You don’t have to deal with enshitified or just straight garbage apps from the streaming source; and finally, you can keep it for posterity indefinitely if the mood strikes you.

          I maintain my own media server and it’s such an infinitely better experience than anything currently out there.

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          You don’t have to deal with hopping between the garbage Netflix app, and the garbage Prime app, and the garbage Disney app, and…

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      1 year ago

      This is the thing I’ll never understand about the modern streaming industry’s focus on watchtime and second-screen content.

      Like, guys, spending your budget on a thing I am actively NOT engaged with as a consumer is not going to help your brand. Y’all got big on prestige TV, and the kind of shows where I go “Oh this looks really good, gonna make sure it’s on my watchlist”. That way I’m never gonna unsub as long as I have a watchlist, the actual hours spent on platform doesn’t matter.