It costs less than that to get a good privacy-protecting VPN (njalla, mullvad) and to set up all the *darr stack on your laptop. Just saying.
Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
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Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#12I wonder who this new option is supposed to appeal to. Probably just an excuse to jack up the actual valid options to a higher price in comparison?
My guess is it's for packages where you get Netflix included with something else. For example, you sign up for Verizon and get Netflix for 6 months. Now they have a cheap version of Netflix to give you.
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#13> a limited number of movies and TV shows won't be available due to licensing restrictions, which we’re working on This needs much more detail. What isn't available and in what regions?
Do you think a streaming website which barely has actual categories to browse from, routinely autocompletes unlicensed shows in the search bar as if they were available and doesn't have a database to search which show is available in which country will actually provide those details to the public?
lol
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#14I wonder who this new option is supposed to appeal to. Probably just an excuse to jack up the actual valid options to a higher price in comparison?
Correct. This is the start of increasing prices and testing ads on other tiers.
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#15Up to 5 minutes per hour of ads, one device, streaming only (no downloading for planes/etc), 720p max, 10% of the catalog unavailable. That’s a hell of a lot of compromises.
That's mostly same as Basic, only downgrade is less catalog and no downloads, all for $3 per month savings.
I'd guess most people wouldn't notice really.
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#16It's like all the services are increasing their price and decreasing the content/quality. I find that's issue with startup culture where they have lost billions of dollars in name of growth and now they need to recover
It doesn't help that the original appeal of Netflix (having everything at your fingertips) was ruined by media companies starting their own streaming sites
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#17Up to 5 minutes per hour of ads, one device, streaming only (no downloading for planes/etc), 720p max, 10% of the catalog unavailable. That’s a hell of a lot of compromises.
They could probably honestly remove 10% of the catalog and nobody would miss anything. It feels like 80% of the catalog is Netflix homebrewed garbage, another 10% is foreign dubbed garbage, and the remaining 10% you've probably already seen. I honestly have never thought harder about outright cancelling Netflix. I'm very close... Every time I log in to watch something, Netflix recommends TV Shows and Movies they know…
The 10% of the catalog this removes is probably the only 10% of the catalog people really want to watch...
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#18Up to 5 minutes per hour of ads, one device, streaming only (no downloading for planes/etc), 720p max, 10% of the catalog unavailable. That’s a hell of a lot of compromises.
> 720p max
That is definetly a deal breaker for anyone with a new device post ~2012. I'd class 720p as outdated given todays technology and I can't see anyone going for this. I'm going to make some shameless generalisations here, but a better pilot country would be one that is less ecnonomically developed where people are more likely to have outdated hardware, not the US.
> 10% of the catalog unavailable I wonder if this'll be hit Netflix shows (e.g Money Heist, The Crown, The Queens Gambit) or niche shows that have significantly less viewers.
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#19Up to 5 minutes per hour of ads, one device, streaming only (no downloading for planes/etc), 720p max, 10% of the catalog unavailable. That’s a hell of a lot of compromises.
They could probably honestly remove 10% of the catalog and nobody would miss anything. It feels like 80% of the catalog is Netflix homebrewed garbage, another 10% is foreign dubbed garbage, and the remaining 10% you've probably already seen. I honestly have never thought harder about outright cancelling Netflix. I'm very close... Every time I log in to watch something, Netflix recommends TV Shows and Movies they know…
I wonder how many people actually just rewatch their favorite shows over and over. I definitely do that with a few shows when I just want something easy (e.g. I'm cooking and put on an episode of Bob's Burgers in the background even though I've seen it a few times)
Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
#20Up to 5 minutes per hour of ads, one device, streaming only (no downloading for planes/etc), 720p max, 10% of the catalog unavailable. That’s a hell of a lot of compromises.
They could probably honestly remove 10% of the catalog and nobody would miss anything. It feels like 80% of the catalog is Netflix homebrewed garbage, another 10% is foreign dubbed garbage, and the remaining 10% you've probably already seen. I honestly have never thought harder about outright cancelling Netflix. I'm very close... Every time I log in to watch something, Netflix recommends TV Shows and Movies they know…
> another 10% is foreign dubbed garbage,
I'd honestly pay them extra for a good UI that showed ONLY that. Limiting yourself to english is extremely shallow.