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Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by fsckboy »

crazygringo wrote: post #30
akmittal wrote: post #3

It'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

Well, yes. They all have to become long-term profitable, so that's how it works. You can't really complain, though. It was nice to have better-quality content for cheap while it lasted, so we can just appreciate that. But now you actually have to pay what things are worth. I don't see the problem.

yes, you can complain that artificially low prices snuff out competitors and long run lead to a less competitive market

Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by the_af »

Alupis wrote: post #59
the_af wrote: post #57

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I don't disagree -- I dislike dubs, always. Subtitles for the win! -- but do you see my point? Let me state it outright: I believe you're a native English speaker, likely from the US, and you believe "foreign" means "not made in America". Am I wrong? The point is: Netflix caters to a global audience. Korean shows aren't foreign to Netflix's Korean audience. So it's very unlikely that there's a constant 10% "foreign d…

I cannot eat dinner and read subtitles without needing to pause/rewind over and over. It takes focus, and also distracts from actor's expressions and the overall scene. At least for me. Dubs can be done very well - see Squid Game. The voices matched the characters in both body/expression and situation. The mouths fairly closely matched the voices as well, and in some scenes you might even forget they're dubs you're l…

A-ha! Like I assumed, you're from the US and think shows not made in America are "foreign". You have to be careful when assuming everyone reading your comments in HN is from the US as well. Netflix is a global service, something may be foreign to you, but not to the person reading your comments here.

> The catalog you see is what is available for your country

That's not really relevant to my point, is it? In any case, I can assure I can see plenty of Korean, Turkish, Swedish, etc, shows listed on Netflix.. here in my Latin American country.

Any way you look at it, the assertion that Netflix has "10% foreign dubbed garbage" is poorly phrased and probably false.

Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by an_aparallel »

jimbob45 wrote: post #60
tomjen3 wrote: post #49

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You are not wrong, but they had ads before: it was just called product placements. For example their Swiss Family Robinson (but in space) had a 15-20 minute segment of an episode about a packet of Oreos.

I looked it up and oof that's rough. It almost seems like a YouTube parody account photoshopped the oreos in. https://vimeo.com/418604619

holy shit - this is aweful. I have, for a long time refused to watch any netflix produced content - i almost dont care about the diamonds in the rough after seeing stuff like this.

Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by herbst »

zimpenfish wrote: post #39
karim79 wrote: post #22

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My gripe here is, for example, YouTube premium charging to remove ads and that indeed does make the experience better - and then there are sponsorship messages for stuff I won't name nordvpn for instance. There seems to be no rules about in-video sponsorship which honestly is driving me nuts. I feel like it is impossible to get away from ads no matter what one pays at this point.

> YouTube premium charging to remove ads [...] and then there are sponsorship messages That's the main reason I won't even consider YouTube Premium - pointless to pay for "an ad-free experience" when, instead, you get a 5 minute segment in the middle of a video shilling for [flavour of the month]VPN or Audible.

If you use SmartTube App (afaik only on TV) it can automatically skip these segments (as well as ads)

Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by herbst »

gcau wrote: post #64

Anyone have recommendations for setting up a mini home server to download and store torrented movies? I want something that "kinda just works", like what hardware and software? Only for movies I have consent and rights to torrent, ofcourse.

A Synology NAS works well for this as a 'just works' plus plenty of space configuration

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Post by rglullis »

pc86 wrote: post #28
rglullis wrote: post #11

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.

Where can someone get unbiased technical reviews of privacy-protecting/privacy-focused VPNs? Paid is fine, but every time I read a VPN review I feel like I'm about to get my pockets picked.

I know that this is not a proper review, but I just gave you the names of the only VPNs I used and trust. I prefer njalla because they don't even require any special app and just give you the configuration files if you want to use wireguard or OpenVPN.

Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by daniel-cussen »

jimbob45 wrote: post #60
tomjen3 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are not wrong, but they had ads before: it was just called product placements. For example their Swiss Family Robinson (but in space) had a 15-20 minute segment of an episode about a packet of Oreos.

I looked it up and oof that's rough. It almost seems like a YouTube parody account photoshopped the oreos in. https://vimeo.com/418604619

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Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by daniel-cussen »

Andaith wrote: post #61
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #17

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The 10% of the catalog this removes is probably the only 10% of the catalog people really want to watch...

It's probably the most expensive 10% as far as licensing goes.

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Re: Netflix launches an ad-supported tier

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Post by fumar »

JohnFen wrote: post #37

Since Netflix is now in the ads game, I can't trust it even if I do avoid the ad-supported tier. I have to assume that they're now gathering my data and making it available to advertisers anyway. Another service destroyed (for me) by advertising.

Advertising that is partially powered by Microsoft. Yes, Netflix is selling audience data.

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Post by zimpenfish »

herbst wrote: post #74
zimpenfish wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> YouTube premium charging to remove ads [...] and then there are sponsorship messages That's the main reason I won't even consider YouTube Premium - pointless to pay for "an ad-free experience" when, instead, you get a 5 minute segment in the middle of a video shilling for [flavour of the month]VPN or Audible.

If you use SmartTube App (afaik only on TV) it can automatically skip these segments (as well as ads)

Alas, it is a Samsung TV with an Apple TV plugged in. Double-unsupported!
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