cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1289467
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they saw all the lemmings get new Netflix accounts, and figured if the sheep were lining up to be shorn, they might as well get their share too
The market is so short sited. Sure, Netflix saw a bump in subscribers last quarter, but what were the cancellation numbers in the same quarter? I never got to see that info. I’m sure there’s more than a handful of people that didn’t mind spending $10 to finish the series they were binging, just to cancel the subscription shortly after. If you have more subscribers and more cancellations, does it really matter?
corporations always say they’re desperate for money, since they pay out any money they have to shareholders and executive salaries, and whoops, look at that, desperate for money again, can you believe it, we just don’t know how we could have avoided this desperation in the first place. it’s the dril candles meme, and everyone keeps stoking it.
It’s funny how everyone said they would give up on netflix once the whole password sharing was tossed out, but here we are with netflix hitting higher numbers and no one leaving. Every streaming service out there is gonna follow the same practice since it’ll make them more money. If you dont agree with how they are doing things, then leave. It’s the only way to influence their decisions.
My threat hasn’t changed. I split my time between three states and so far hasn’t given me shit any time I switch location. The moment they do, I cancel. I’m mostly watching Paramount+ and Pluto anyway.
Well, as long as your devices are not TVs and are online from your “household” location at least once every 30 days, it shouldn’t complain as far as I understand it
I have to move my household everytime I switch locations since I normally spend months at a time per place. As long as it lets me do this as much as I need to, we’re cool. The moment it tells me I’ve reached a limit to the number of times I can switch locations within a given time period, I’m moving on.
Worked well for for Netflix, stock is up 30% since May.
I paid for Netflix, cancelled it and got Disney+ instead when they cracked down on password sharing. I am more than happy to end my subscription to Disney and go full pirate, I don’t care and I live in Canada so I’ll never face repercussions.
I’d love to support the creatives but seeing all these strikes it’s not like the execs are paying them livable wages anyways. They complain about not making enough money on streaming then vote to increase just the executives pay by insane margins annually, I can see through your deception execs.
If you are going to hoard your wealth so will I, and when the economy dies cause we are all hoarding our pennies I won’t feel bad for you while you look up from the bounds of the guillotine.
The insane greed is something I simply can’t comprehend. Isn’t there a point at which it’s enough? It seems almost like a mental illness. Indefinite growth and infinitely increasing profit margins aren’t possible. There’s a limit to value and possible revenue. I don’t know where all of this is going, but it can’t be anywhere good, and I’m sure it will be violent. I seem to be in the minority, but I absolutely believe there is a point where a person has enough wealth and doesn’t, perhaps even shouldn’t, have more.
My thoughts exactly. It’s all devolved into savage economic darwinism. Giant corps won’t stop until they own literally everything, and even then, it likely won’t be enough. It truly is a cancer on society. It’s not like I want to abolish capitalism, I’m no tankie, but when does the greed stop? There’s a reasonable limit somewhere, but apparently in the minds of the corporate overlords:
After Netflix, I am cracking down on paying for these services.
I did and now I am having a better user experience with a lot more content.
I would like to thank Netflix and now Disney for my newfound hobby for self-hosting. I am having a blast learning new marketable skills and improving my digital life.
Jellyfin + Kodi + Jellyseerr and the rest of the arr stack really is amazing. Feels like I have my own netflix, just wayyyy better
