Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List • Hacker News Board

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

Fogest wrote: post #267

roboguy12 wrote: post #85

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Last weekend my wife and I wanted to watch the movie Goat. It was pretty recently in theaters, so we didn't expect it to be on Netflix. We searched HBO Now, Hulu, Starz, and all of the other video streaming services that we have (and pay money for!). We found two options - rent it on Google Play Movies, or rent it through Amazon Prime. Now, we wanted to Chromecast it, and Amazon (to the best of my knowledge) does not…

The only service I pay for is a VPN. It allows me to access any tv show or movie I could dream of without any problems ;). No but seriously, it is sad that with my setup I can search something and stream it instantly, or have it download and automatically be renamed and organized ready to watch on Plex. TV shows can be grabbed automatically and alert me when they are ready. I can use Plex and stream them anywhere in…

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Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

Fogest wrote: post #284

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #144

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I know this: the subject is complex and many varied and valid arguments are made on all sides. But amazingly, folks accept whatever argument gives them free entertainment. Objections are suddenly 'irrelevant' when watching their favorite TV show is at stake. Folks who wouldn't go in the back window of a bar to avoid the cover charge, will gladly go in the back way online to hear their favorite band. And they rely on…

Well if the front door was inconvenient and hard to find, and then I paid for it and the front door wouldn't work, then yeah maybe I would go in the back window. Your argument is so flawed, and it really seems like with your comment above that you just are looking for a reason to call the younger generation "entitled". Stop using physical examples, they don't correlate to a digital good that can be duplicated digital…

They got a refund. Then pirated.

I understand they were frustrated in their efforts to be entertained. Then took what they wanted. Which is pretty much the definition of 'entitled'

Everything is pretty much physical in the real world. Like the physical time and effort folks make to provide services and market them.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by ensiferum » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

wildmusings wrote: post #274

ensiferum wrote: post #145

Meanwhile in the warez land everything is just 1 click away, hassle free and non-DRM encumbered.

Or you can pay a reasonable price to rent on iTunes and Amazon Prime. Stop pretending that you pirate because it's a "better experience". You pirate because it's cheaper to steal other people's hard work than to pay a fair price for it.

I don't download or condone downloading copyrighted material. Just saying that that famous oatmeal comic still rings very true.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by ccozan » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:37 PM UTC

AverageCanadian wrote: post #280

ewzimm wrote: post #229

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There's a lot of fragmentation, but things are getting better. You can do all that with a FireTV stick for $40. It runs DRM apps, has a Kodi fork MrMC in the store (or you can sideload Kodi), Miracast for general screen casting, apps for other casting protocols, a YouTube app for Google content. Against Balkanization, Fan.TV and other guide apps combine all your streaming sources and antenna TV into one. And everythi…

This is what I use, and I love how responsive the Amazon FireTV remote is. I have the FireTV hidden behind my TV and the remote works from anywhere in the room regardless of if I'm pointing it at the device or not.

The age of IR remote is almost gone.

Now they use a accelerator/gyroscope and a dedicated RF channel to provide input. Plus that you can transmit also more data ( Wii remotes send the battery status too, for example ).

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by Pokepokalypse » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:37 PM UTC

SolaceQuantum wrote: post #137

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #119

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I know; I have to keep bringing it up because people keep pretending they're owed entertainment. This entitled generation is just disappointing.

This kind of piracy existed before. Remember sharing music CDs with friends? Remember libraries over buying books? Remember letting your friends borrow your comics or reading photocopies?

I 'member.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:38 PM UTC

justifier wrote: post #287

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #240

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Then they got a refund. Then they pirated. If I read it right?

Right, but is that how you define shoplifting? Shoplifting is when someone buys something, then has it withheld from them, then get a refund, then access that product from someone else offering to share it with them? I guess I was trying to move the conversation away from what I see as a flawed analogy to what I think is technically interesting, and that I have first hand experience with, in that the companies offeri…

No, that's the definition of 'entitled'. When just because its hard to get something, that taking it becomes justified.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by kmnc » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:38 PM UTC

ascagnel_ wrote: post #196

ensiferum wrote: post #145

Meanwhile in the warez land everything is just 1 click away, hassle free and non-DRM encumbered.

This is definitely not true. If you're looking for stuff that's popular here and now, you'll do fine (especially if you're a fan of Hollywood blockbusters). But as soon as you start looking for back catalogue stuff, you're in a mess of dead torrents and broken links. Want to find a mostly-forgotten science fiction movie from the mid-90s (in my case, Strange Days)? Two hours of hunting for a way of downloading it led…

Come on... I found your movie streaming in one super easy google search..it was the second link. Not to mention a 26 seed torrent in another simple google search. Just last night I watched a Polanski film streaming with basically no effort. Finding old movies streaming online is incredibly easy. I bet 100% of the IMDB top 250 can be easily found by searching "X streaming free" and having a good ad blocker.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by Lawtonfogle » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:39 PM UTC

hamax wrote: post #278

Thrillington wrote: post #249

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Spent 35 minutes trying to find a resolution and didn't get one. So they should expect to pay money AND time to watch content legally?

It would be ideal if they wouldn't have to spend time, but just because things don't work it doesn't mean you're now entitled to take something you didn't pay for. If the blender I bought doesn't work I should be able to take it back to store and get a refund. But just because I spent 30 minutes driving back to store, that doesn't mean I can just take another one from the shelves and walk out without paying.

But you are allowed to, because as long as you don't greatly abuse the privilege the law will not penalize you at all.

Do while the legal system does not say he has a legally enforceable claim to watch the movie, the same system will not punish him for doing so.

Now, if we are talking morally, I'm going to guess we have different moral systems and thus not reach the same conclusion.

P.S. for the blender example, it would be more as if his purchased blender didn't work so he used a working one to turn his blender into a working copy, while the second blender continues to sit on the shelf for someone else to buy.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by thirdsun » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:39 PM UTC

jly wrote: post #243

SCdF wrote: post #28

It sucks that Netflix is pushing their own content as a solution. Don't get me wrong, some of their own content is great, but I don't want to subscribe to 10 different streaming services that all have their own original content, I want to subscribe to one. Netflix--and others, like Amazon Prime--are becoming less and less worthwhile, and piracy is becoming more and more convenient again.

I think the Netflix content is fantastic - more than enough to pay their pretty cheap monthly streaming price for. And in addition, they have a massive catalog of other content. Who cares how many IMDB top 250 they have. It's similar to an HBO but half the price. We pay $20/month or so for Netflix and Hulu, plus Amazon comes with prime which I pay for more for the shipping than the streaming. This isn't a lot - compa…

> Who cares how many IMDB Top 250 they have.

Anyone trying to watch a specific film will care. Netflix is basically useless in a scrnario where you're looking to watch specific content. I maintain a to-watch list with about 20-30 films at any given time - Netflix offers none of them. Not their fault, I know, but the situation is far from acceptable.

Re: Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List

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Post by ensiferum » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:39 PM UTC

ascagnel_ wrote: post #196

ensiferum wrote: post #145

Meanwhile in the warez land everything is just 1 click away, hassle free and non-DRM encumbered.

This is definitely not true. If you're looking for stuff that's popular here and now, you'll do fine (especially if you're a fan of Hollywood blockbusters). But as soon as you start looking for back catalogue stuff, you're in a mess of dead torrents and broken links. Want to find a mostly-forgotten science fiction movie from the mid-90s (in my case, Strange Days)? Two hours of hunting for a way of downloading it led…

Well p2p such as torrent is for the bottom feeders. There are better methods available.