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Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

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Post by [deleted] »

b9a2cab5 wrote: post #601
ModernMech wrote: post #593

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> Geralt has a huge back story that explains why he's ripped and has a bunch of scars and why every peasant is afraid of him. And is that strength relevant to the story, or is it apropos of nothing? Yennefer's beauty has no context in the story? Of course it does - these qualities bring these characters power that shapes the events as they unfold. Fringilla does not derive her power from her blackness because it's no…

> I'm actually going to bookmark this conversation as a discussion piece because there's a lot to unpack here, you've been very candid. Funny, you've got the same attitude of condescending moral superiority as the demographics I mentioned too. You act as if you speak for all people of color (as a white person), who need to be defended by you, the savior. You probably consciously think you're just trying to help. Unfo…

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Post by ModernMech »

b9a2cab5 wrote: post #601
ModernMech wrote: post #593

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> Geralt has a huge back story that explains why he's ripped and has a bunch of scars and why every peasant is afraid of him. And is that strength relevant to the story, or is it apropos of nothing? Yennefer's beauty has no context in the story? Of course it does - these qualities bring these characters power that shapes the events as they unfold. Fringilla does not derive her power from her blackness because it's no…

> I'm actually going to bookmark this conversation as a discussion piece because there's a lot to unpack here, you've been very candid. Funny, you've got the same attitude of condescending moral superiority as the demographics I mentioned too. You act as if you speak for all people of color (as a white person), who need to be defended by you, the savior. You probably consciously think you're just trying to help. Unfo…

If you want to address my specific points that's fine, but turning instead to attack me through your perception of my skin color is a different conversation entirely, one that I'm not interested in having.

Re: Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

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Post by dexterdog »

perryizgr8 wrote: post #609
dexterdog wrote: post #499

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Drop the plex cost and use jellyfin

This looks amazing. I have got to try it. Hopefully it works as seamlessly as Plex does.

I had been using Plex for many years and got sick of the way they try to force things like podcasts and web shows on you. I knew that advertising and library scanning was on the way if it wasn't already there so I switched to Jellyfin a couple of years ago. I have a number of friends and family that use my server as well and none of them have complained.

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Post by CountDrewku »

Youden wrote: post #298
CountDrewku wrote: post #219

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They still mail dvd's. I have a coworker who still uses their mail plan. I kinda considered it silly at first by now I'm thinking this is the way to go. It's relatively cheap compared to renting movies via amazon etc. He gets them fast. Blu-ray quality is better than streaming in some cases.

> Blu-ray quality is better than streaming in some cases. The wording here sounded a bit off to me here; I read it as "usually Blu-ray quality is worse or the same as streaming quality but sometimes it's better" while I think what you probably meant (and would make a lot more sense) was "usually streaming is just as good as Blu-ray but sometimes the streaming quality is bad and a Blu-ray is better". Is the latter wha…

Yes I mostly meant the latter but like you said, occasionally there are 4k streaming versions when there is only 1080p on blu-ray. Most of the time I don't feel the 4k versions are that much better looking though.

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Post by thehappypm »

drusepth wrote: post #556
ce4 wrote: post #99

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Perfectly fits this 10 years old comic classic from Matthew Inman: https://www.theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

I was living in Ireland for a little while and wanted to watch Game of Thrones. At the time, piracy was literally the only possible way to watch it; there was no legal avenue whatsoever (including purchasing cable from HBO, etc) that included it. I still haven't seen Game of Thrones.

That’s crazy. Would a VPN work? I think it would have for me, since my show was available in the UK, but I was not really into buying and setting up a VPN when my wife wanted me to just find the damn show.

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Post by mywittyname »

_8j50 wrote: post #527
mywittyname wrote: post #430

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>Why the hell does netflix has so many upvotes? I contributed to this. My first thought was that netflix doesn't really have special sauce anymore. They exist in a highly competitive market and lack the back catalog of established media companies. As a result, they end up paying way too much money for both new shows, and established ones. On the other side of the coin, they can't compete with the volume of free conte…

Youtube is uset generated content, can't compete with netflix. I used prime for a while and switched to netflix. I am joyfully overwhelmed by the volume and quality of content on netflix. I don't have to rent or buy anything, it is all just there to watch! If anything I resent Disney for not going all in on netlflix instead of doing Disney+. After a few weeks on prime I ran out of interesting content. With Netflix I…

> Youtube is uset generated content, can't compete with netflix.

Yes, but those many top YouTubers make great videos and were looking for a way to transition to paid content. I feel, if Netflix leadership had the right chops, they would have seen an opportunity here and spent a tiny fraction of their massive content budget to court some of these creators and have them make expanded videos for Netflix. Instead, these creators banded together and made their own streaming platform which receives free advertisement on YouTube.

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Post by rurp »

RexM wrote: post #592
Mayzie wrote: post #563

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> aggressively cancelling shows Ha, that is so true. Netflix is infamous for this. It’s to the extent that I cannot start watching a Netflix production unless I know it’s finished or if it’s a big hit from day one (so I know it won’t be cancelled, like The Witcher). It’s odd, because Netflix’s reputation for prematurely cancelling content without resolving their endings has extended to beyond just youth-dominated soc…

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, too. People don’t want to watch shows in case it gets cancelled early. Then Netflix cancels the show early because there wasn’t enough interest. If they didn’t have the reputation people would watch the shows and if it’s good tell their friends. At this point it seems like everyone just stays away though. They could always just keep making new seasons to add to their catalog and event…

I've completely stopped watching unfinished Netflix shows because of this, which wiped out anything interesting on their platform I hadn't already seen. My partner still likes to use Netflix for times when she wants a random show on in the background, but once she switches to another app for that I'll be killing our subscription. There are many good shows on other platforms and Netflix is my least favorite to use.

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Post by rurp »

aldebran wrote: post #587
rurp wrote: post #498

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To add to this, given the resources spent on it their UX is pretty bad and I don't think their data scientists are giving them much if any edge over the competition at this point. Features such as only using company generated ratings, aggressively cancelling shows, and the lack of ability to browse/sort/filter the catalog, in favor of Netflix pushing the recommendations they choose on users, is probably great for qua…

I think their UX is intentionally user hostile to keep you from realizing there’s not much to watch. That and showing random trailers hoping you like one of them.

Oh God, the autoplay... That one "feature" did more than anything else to push me onto competing platforms.

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Post by ryandrake »

dexterdog wrote: post #499
35fbe7d3d5b9 wrote: post #425

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I'm not sure who downvoted you, but I cannot agree more. For giggles, I just went ahead and priced this out: One-time costs: * Plex Pass: $80 * NZB indexer access: $10 (for 2 or 3) Ongoing monthly costs: * File server (three-year deprecation): $55 * IPTV: $15 * Unlimited Usenet account: $3 This took an afternoon of setup, but has just worked since. Heck, the other day I discovered a new season of a show had apparentl…

Drop the plex cost and use jellyfin

Or XBMC/Kodi. There are many well established free client softwares.
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