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Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

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Post by GoblinSlayer »

cloutchaser wrote: post #42
silisili wrote: post #29

I'm already on the verge of cancelling Netflix because frankly, their library sucks. I cannot even remember the last time I saw a remotely entertaining original movie, of the hundreds they have. Their shows are a little better, but too few and far between. Seems they've been hedging a lot on poorly dubbed foreign films, again, don't watch. So yeah, showing even a single ad is just the fire I need to remember to cance…

I agree and I wonder if this is a problem that is Netflix's creation, or the movie/tv studies creation. Of course it's probably both. But I just don't think the way culture is moving in the US is that compelling to the rest of the world (and for many in the US). And in that way both netflix and most TV shows are based on cultural values of california. I'm not in the US and the way almost any US movie/show has to brin…

You're not their target audience.

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Post by t0bia_s »

Streaming services should abandon monthly subscription paying method and let me pay just for time I actually spend on consuming their products. It is ridiculous to pay multiple streaming services for content that I consume rarely.

I'm able to watch 5 feature films in month, which means approximately one film from one streaming service (HBO, Netflix, Apple, Disney...). Together it is around 55 USD (11 USD per feature film) in my country. Not to mention that about half o films I have in my watch list are not in streaming services.

Sorry, that is not acceptable. It is actually stupid business model. If that films are not in local cinemas around, I'm not able to watch them legally.

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Post by bathtub365 »

homulilly wrote: post #44
silisili wrote: post #29

I'm already on the verge of cancelling Netflix because frankly, their library sucks. I cannot even remember the last time I saw a remotely entertaining original movie, of the hundreds they have. Their shows are a little better, but too few and far between. Seems they've been hedging a lot on poorly dubbed foreign films, again, don't watch. So yeah, showing even a single ad is just the fire I need to remember to cance…

The library for every streaming service sucks now due to fragmentation. A Usenet and indexer subscription are way cheaper and have a full selection and no ads.

They are also illegal

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

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Post by traverseda »

bathtub365 wrote: post #56
homulilly wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The library for every streaming service sucks now due to fragmentation. A Usenet and indexer subscription are way cheaper and have a full selection and no ads.

They are also illegal

I don't think using them is illegal in Canada at least. My understanding is that distributing copy-written content is illegal (it's a civil issue and they need to prove damages) but downloading is not in any way illegal.

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Post by jjkaczor »

traverseda wrote: post #57
bathtub365 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are also illegal

I don't think using them is illegal in Canada at least. My understanding is that distributing copy-written content is illegal (it's a civil issue and they need to prove damages) but downloading is not in any way illegal.

Bingo - Usenet is download only, Bittorent is distribution.

Myself, as a Canadian - I have been hoping that a copyright holder would actually take someone to court here after our laws were changed, to actually test the lifetime maximum "damages" amount of $5,000.

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