Does it? Is there proof this time? Last time the media jumped on this narrative, it turned out Netflix had lost subscribers in western nations where they’d cracked down, and simply added users in cheaper emerging markets.
The fact that they are adding pro wrestling to the channel does not bode well for their future. It’s what cable networks did when they started hemorrhaging users (see SyFy).
Netflix is also getting rid of their cheapest plan. Another sign they aren’t doing so great.
These articles are written by the subjects. I used to think they had to at least take the journalists out to a nice lunch or something, but in fact there are no actual journalists involved. Sad
The media takes a press release, signs off on it and releases it usually word for word a lot. They’ll put their name and brand on it, but that’s a honest to goodness press release.
This article might be a blend, strange that at least on mobile I can’t find an author for this one.
SyFy also did the same shit as Netflix and cancelled all their shows after two seasons. I liked a lot of their shows but after a while SyFy became synonymous with “no point in getting invested” which is where Netflix has been for a long time for me. I dropped it long before the password crackdown crap. Hoist the sails, me mateys!
I have Peacock for the PPVs, that’s as far as I’ll go. I have no problem downloading RAW or Smackdown the next day and watching without commercials.
Netflix will never get my money for the amount they charge. Fuck Netflix in the ass with a cactus.
This Just In: Corporations Succeed In Ripping People Off Because People Are Fucking Lazy and Piracy Is “Too Hard.”
Not so sure about that. I’m actually surprised at the number of people that I would never have imagine, that have started to pirate. Maybe it’s just anecdotal, but I have a feeling that we are going to start to see updated versions of " YOU WOULDN’T STEAL…" PSA ads for the cloud era.
How is asking people to pay for the service you’re providing “ripping them off”? Netflix is like 10 euros a month. You can’t literally buy even one DVD with that.
I haven’t ever used Netflix, nor any other streaming service except for Spotify, but I find it absolutely incredible how people are complaining for not getting this all for free. Why would anyone create new tv-shows and movies if it’s not going to make them any money? It’s crazy the mental gymnastics online pirates do to justify their behaviour. I’ve always used adblocker and have pirated my fair share of content but I’m not kidding myself about it being anything other than stealing. I’m taking a product and not paying for it. We’re just as greedy as the people we critizise.
How is asking people to pay for the service you’re providing “ripping them off”? Netflix is like 10 euros a month. You can’t literally buy even one DVD with that.
This is a dishonest argument. People were glad to pay for netflix when it was 2015. Guess what? It’s 2024 now and there’s competition in town and you better compete or be called a rip-off.
Besides I haven’t ever used Netflix, nor any other streaming service except for Spotify, but I find it absolutely incredible how people are complaining for not getting this all for free.
Spotify is good unlike netflix.
Why would anyone create new tv-shows and movies if it’s not going to make them any money?
The problem is not making “any” money… the problem is the greed of executives and shareholders who demand exponential growth.
It’s crazy the mental gymnastics online pirates do to justify their behaviour.
If the economy is good and people on this god forsaken planet can afford stuff without signing away their souls then you have a point.
I’ve always used adblocker and have pirated my fair share of content but I’m not kidding myself about it being anything other than stealing.
You’re a fool if you think businesses haven’t stolen anything.
I’m taking a product and not paying for it. We’re just as greedy as the people we critizise.
Speak for yourself. You will change your mind when you sit next to a VP when he talks about letting go of employees like cattle just because his numbers don’t look good over the next quarter for a company that he is bailing out off in the next 6 months, collecting his multimillion dollar compensation.
Wanting to pirate Barbie is NOTHING compared to the levels of psychopathy of an exec in a company.
Shame on you for comparing us with psychopaths.
You’re a fool if you think businesses haven’t stolen anything.
This is just whataboutism. Two wrongs don’t make it right. The only reason stuff like streaming services, movies and tv series still exists is because there are people paying for them. Piracy is just freeriding. We let others do the dirty work and then demand our share that we don’t deserve. These things are not binary. It’s not either - or. It’s still wrong to steal from your neighbour even if they’re an asshole.
If you don’t like Netflix then stop using it and subscribe to their competitor. If you want it both ways then atleast be honest about it.
Also, no one is demanding exponential growth. Do you even know what that means?
Cloudstream on android tv, hexated repo and boom everything. Fuck corporate streaming, hit the seas.
It looks like a worse version of Stremio, unless there’s something I’m missing?
Both apps are horrible. Just having to understand where the hell to find the magic codes to add content to cloudstream is a pain. Stremio is a whole other mess to understand the plugins and which types they are and what are the catalogs and all that stuff, and then it’s torrent. But people online all jumped on some poor man solution where you pay for something debrid stupid thing to make stremio use http downloads instead of torrents.
Yeah the apps works, but no one sane can say they are good.
I haven’t used stremio in a long time so it might have changed, but cloudstream will remember your currently watching list and will remember where you left off, which is why I like using it, but really it’s just a newish streaming app that allows custom repos.
Stremio + torrentio + RealDebrid
This allows Stremio to stream any torrent using the RealDebrid service, which already has cached copies of the most popular downloads so you can watch it instantly from their servers. It also has a great library feature to save followed shows, and progress is saved and synced to your Stremio account.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StremioAddons/comments/yi5jdw/ultimate_guide_to_stremio_torrentio_rd/
The only caveat here is that RealDebrid is a paid service, but I only pay around $3 a month and it has literally everything that is on any of the streaming services.
This setup is now my primary means of watching tv and movies, and I say that as someone who has a couple of media servers filled with content and hosted with Plex - this Stremio setup is just too good.
Yeah bruv i can’t be bothered with any of that shit. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
