The problem with pirating Netflix material is that there's nothing new worth watching on it anyways.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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I didn't see through to the end because Rossman was making the same point over and over and over and over. But what he didn't talk about is that Netflix specifically does not provide the highest tier of quality to PCs. That's to prevent piracy of super high quality streams. The blockage is very much intentional and not without cause. Similarly, Netflix often does not play well with a whole host of Android streaming devices over which they have no control of the stream for exactly the same reason.
I agree with him otherwise, I just wish he'd have gone into those reasons. Your super fast gaming rig being 'not compatible' has nothing to do with its impressive hardware specs.
Rossman was making the same point over and over and over and over
You gotta pad out your content if you want to churn multiple episodes a week that are hours long.
Hm, I did not see the video, but I think if I'd pay for a product and get a weaker quality than 1. I paid for and 2. possible on my machine - I would be hesitant to accept a reasoning that has nothing to do with my usage of the service. Is the potential piracy (that happens anyway) outweighing the bad customer experience? What I mean to say is, if I pay for my product, and have capable hardware - I think from the customer perspective I am in a position to complain if I don't get the quality I paid for.
It clearly says it's on the paid tier only?
Not that I care much one way or the other. I'm still frustrated with HBO Max selling me "ad free" and then putting a skippable ad at the start of every video. It's not ad free if there's a "skippable" ad! I paid extra specifically so I wouldn't have to see that.
I use the Brave browser, so the ads don't work thankfully, but yes, pirate all the things regardless.
Yeah ad blockers are great for that. I know from experience Peacock with ads will all be blocked if you have an ad blocker. But that only works on my computer not my Roku.
Is there a reason to emphasize "skippable" here?
Because the app seems to think "ad free" can include ads as long as they carry a "skip" button. Which are still ads.
Have you considered books?
"The cost of football tickets went up." "Have you considered curling?" I think is basically what you're saying.
No, actually, it's like saying βThe cost of football tickets went up.β βHave you considered reading?β
A fun aside- Publishers are starting to discontinue paperback releases, meaning that it's either going to be hardcover or digital from here on out. You won't even be able to escape that way either.
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"NOW A TV SHOW ON NETFLIX" ad right on the cover baybeee
If they ever put ads into my audiobooks I'm going to abandon civilization to live in the mountains.
When the power goes out and the rule of law breaks down, I will make my last stand in a library.
Uh huh. It's kinda been done. Don't forget the cats.
That's nerd shit.
I can't read dude
Okey dokey π
Why do pirates even care about what Netflix does? They are not even using Netflix...
Netflix made a huge dent in piracy in their early streaming days. It was a convenient, and cheap, service with a ton of good content. Then everyone else started pulling their content from Netflix and built their own streaming services, and all of a sudden watching TV and movies got expensive again.
Then Netflix started enshittifying its service by limiting streaming resolution, cracking down on account sharing, putting ads in.
A lot of pirates wouldn't be pirates if Netflix was as good as it used to be.
netflix like other streams got GREEDIER as they needed more money to operate thier expensive services.
We don't.
So why posts like that? Why circlejerk about hating big-tech all the time?
Wasn't my post, ask OP.
So you'll never forget that you're wasting your money
How much money are they making on adverts for low tier customers is what I'm wondering... Like if it's 10$ for the lower tier and they make 5$ in advert money and I'm paying 16$ for the ad free tier, they're making more from me than the others...
Yandex[dot]com is a pretty good search engine for finding honest and safe web zones
I like how they say that viewers pay as much attention to the adverts as they do to the content.
Maybe someone can help me out then, I don't have Netflix but get most things through Qbittorrent's search function, a buddy recommended me a Netflix show called Chicken Nugget, it's a Korean show about someone who wakes up one day and they've been transformed into a chicken nugget?
Anyway I tried downloading it last night and it's there but no seeders.
Same thing for a Apple TV show called Criminal Record, no episode #2.
Hit up some torrent sites cuz. See the community megathread for suggestions.
Ah yep, just checking the megathread now! Looks like just the thing I need. Cheers mate π΄ββ οΈ
Cancel your membership and for the reason just say "woke ai"
They'll just make the ai ads racist then lol