Yarrr
If I down vote this does it show my disappointment of netflix or the OP? ๐ค
Bye Netflix, hello plex.
Edit: hello Jellyfin, as helpful users have mentioned the enshitification of plex to me.
I have some bad news for you
Aside from ๐ดโโ ๏ธ there are simply too many legitimate pay streaming options in 2025 for Netflix to think they can do this. This will end like an arrogant urban cowboy being flung off a mechanical bull and I'm all for it.
Not to me, they fucking won't
Is your egg too expensive?
Look no further. Our egg is much smoother and can be worn with most garments.
EggEgg. For your egg.
And canceled my sub
Jellyfin
After that comes the part where the AI hallucinates a world where advertising guidelines don't exist and gets the company sued for some very illegal advertising.
They show me an ad, and they are out. It is that simple. Luckily, my life does not depend on streaming.
Soo... the ad income is higher than the energy costs of gen. AI? They lied about the pennies per visit? ๐ข
Also, ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
Netflix showed time and time again that they are shit at counting money. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're losing money on those ads but will do them anyway because managers eat the worst possible hype for breakfast.
Well, time to cancel finally I've gotten used to torrenting again anyway
I'm all for services making a reasonable profit and being able to fund new shows and such endeavors...
But we're rapidly getting into an environment of "soaking viewers for all we can get out of them" simply to feed the fucking shareholders ever larger payouts.
Thank you Milton Friedman. ๐
๐ ๐คก ๐
So the dead Internet extends to streaming.
Also anyone else interested in just crazy an ai add what will be.
i just subscribe to the netflix tier that serves all streams as torrents
94 million people decided $10 a month savings was worth watching ads rather than doing without. Fuck em. They are the reason many things only have an ad supported tier. Pay for stuff or pirate it, but don't use ad supported tiers when you have a choice.
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