Well, time to cancel finally I've gotten used to torrenting again anyway
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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Haven't had Netflix since the password debacle. Never even missed it. ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
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And canceled my sub
Not to me, they fucking won't
Ahhhh, man moving away from corps just keeps on giving (or in this case, doesnโt enshitify while proprietary ones do).
I recently setup my own Jellyfin server with qbittorent search plug-ins and its so easy. Netflix is really playing with fire here cause people will leave when pushed enough as it's becoming so easy to switch. You can just hop on your friends server too
While I am in the same boat as you, you severely overestimate the tech-affinity of the average Netflix user.
Pirating content safely, setting up a media server for it, share it with other people... it is all possible, there is good documentation out there. But aside from having the drive to do this, you also need to invest time to keep it running and maintain it.
The average person out there is happy to pay Netflix money so they don't need to do that.
Edit: add to that also the fact that it is technically illegal in many countries. This is probably also a deterrent for the average person.
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!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com Piracy ftw!
If I down vote this does it show my disappointment of netflix or the OP? ๐ค
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I've had Netflix on-and-off since the DVD in the mail days. I tried Amazon Prime for the shipping years ago, when they first started playing with streaming. Those are the only two I've had.
I have neither now, and if it turns out I can't get the few shows I want to watch through other means, then I just won't watch anymore. Passive media isn't especially valuable to me. I have other forms of entertainment, including games, and the old stand-by, books. Outside is fun, too, when the weather isn't crap.
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Not to me.
The shittyfication goes forward...
Got rid of netflix when they started their ad tier. NEVER going back.
Haha, the kicker is that it's pure greed. With their prices they don't need it and could improve it with what the community wants, but $$$, hey... been away for nearly 2 years now, thought of tipping my toes in again but with that they can f... right off.
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๐คฎ Glad I deleted my account years ago and use kodi to host my own library
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One use for AI would be to eliminate all ads. The AI giveth and AI can taketh away. Lol
There is no way this doesnโt wind up making an ad that's misleading enough to get Netflix and/or the advertiser in trouble
These ads will most definitely not be generated on-the-fly; too risky and too costly. They'll be pre-generated and pre-approved AI-generated videos.
Imagine a collection of videos like that AI Coca Cola commercial (but for a soon-to-be-cancelled Netflix series instead of a soda), with a dozen different versions of it made for each "user archetype" Netflix identifies. That's going to be how Netflix implements this.
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I've cancelled my subscriptions to only subscribe to the platforms owned by our national broadcaster even if there's one of them I don't watch any shows on, fuck those American platforms.