Clips is a TikTok-like vertical video stream where users can scroll through excerpts from Netflix series, films, and specials, as well as trailers for upcoming titles.
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Netflix plan to bring even more ads to even more parts of it’s service…and I plan to continue not being a customer.
yarrrrrrrrrr
What is the point of a paid service with ads? Its just really odd, like who has money for Netflix and whatever shit they are advertising? And everyone will resent these added ads on this platform, so why pay Netflix to make people hate your product.
What is the point of a paid service with ads?
Cable got away with it until it didn’t.
Yeah and where is it now? Oh yeah in obscurity.
Specifically because we could binge watch without ads changing the vibe OR THE VOLUME
They still offer an ad free plan
Oh boy! Let me guess its 2x the ad plan and like YouTube red will also have limited ads soon.
What’s the point? They know customers are full of piss and wind, threatening blue murder while doing absolutely nothing beyond jaw flapping. (Same with gamers).
Amazon’s service model, for example, is to twiddle the knobs to just under the point where the majority ragequit: the sweet spot of maximum profit right now. Everyone else is copying it.
And the sweet spot moves - probably like boiling a frog. A major player does something many hate, but not everyone/enough and those people live with it. Then it becomes the new normal. Twiddle the knob. Rinse and repeat.
Amazon’s service model, for example, is to twiddle the knobs to just under the point where the majority ragequit
I mean, I get Amazon Prime via their shopping service whether I want it or not. And half of their “library” such that it exists is just links out to other paid premium services. Nevermind their Netflix-esque habit of cancelling or delaying popular shows while churning out lots of AI slop to fill in the gaps.
There’s no strong incentive to drop Prime Shipping (because it’s dirt cheap and I still do plenty of retail shopping on Amazon). But I find myself going to their TV / Movies selection less and less frequently. Occasionally just pirate the Amazon show I already have access to out of convenience.
Can’t say the same of Netflix, though. Cancelled that shit a few years ago. Barely anything left worth pirating from it anymore.
Hey ! Looks ! This thing it’s called jellyfin. It’s installed on something that’s called Truenas. It’s doing the same thing as netflix.
I wish I could cancel my subscription, alas I have none.
I’m so angry, I’m not going to give them money three times harder!
Teehee, username checks out
There is a great episode on the podcast “99% invisible” called “enshitification “ that precisely describes this action. Every device or ‘service’ will do this once they feel they have you locked in. The case study was about John Deere and Apple, but applies here too. Interesting that John Deere settled their case and had to pay $99 million.
Sounds like a really interesting concept that podcast invented
Surely they gave credit where credit is due.
Edit: indeed they did.
Time to swap media with your friends on portable hard drives and USB sticks again baby!!!
You know what old laptops are good for? 1 terabyte mini-SATA disks. You know what costs like four bucks on Temu? USB cases for 2.5 inch disks. You can put a lot of Linux ISOs on one and who cares if you never get it back?
We’re paying for ads now. They’re double whammying users and we’re eating it up because everything’s just too expensive.
I don’t want to live in this society anymore…
Good thing I don’t have Netflix then.
And I will continue pirating all the series I ever want to watch.
It would be hilarious if all those company killed by streaming platform suddenly crawl back up from hell and make physical rental widely available again.
I’m glad I unsubscribed to Netflix.
The fact that they keep pushing the envelope with more and more ads and higher costs show that people are willing to go along with it. That is sad to think about
