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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away.

Netflix must realize that it's a huge frustration for people who relied on offline downloads to watch content without internet access: on planes, trains, and campsites, and anywhere else where Wi-Fi is unavailable or unreliable.

There's a small chance that Netflix will change its mind if it gets enough complaints, but the streaming service seems determined to add as many money-making features as possible, while taking away genuinely useful ones.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I'm laughing in Plex

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Netflix living long enough to become the villain I see

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago

A quick reminder : you don't need to watch Netflix.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (1 children)

its like they want you to turn to piracy

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

this is part of the reason why the stock market does what its doing

my internet is too shitty to watch without downloading though so it's not because of me

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The problem is power dynamic. It is a DRM service built round closed apps. You will take what you are given and like it. You can not view their cultural work without agreeing to these terms (Legally). The deal will keep getting worse until it starts losing money.

Edit: English fixes

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 months ago (1 children)

These companies are gonna complain about piracy being so rampant while making their service so awful that piracy becomes a better choice

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As they always did and continue to do in all businesses.

Look at food prices: Supermarket - We're raising prices on 95% of items by 200-300%. People: Steal because they can't afford basic food Supermarket: Shocked pikachu face

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There is a windows software for Netflix? I have been using my browser on all platforms tbh

[–] [email protected] 62 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Install an android emulator. Problem solved.

Start pirating again. Problem solved.

Make your own movies and shows. Problem solved.

Start a company, get rich, buy Netflix, problem solved.

Stop watching stuff, do something else. Problem solved.

Found a secret society, infiltrate politics worldwide, stir chaos and destruction, let the world burn and built a new Netflix from the world's ashes where you still can download stuff. Problem solved.

See? It's not that hard!

(In case it wasn't clear, I am joking.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Best comment so far

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

Capitalism breeds innovation

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