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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 111 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just one reason their stock price is down. They no longer report subscriber numbers — you can probably guess why. It’s strange to me that a public company can just hide data from investors that might reveal when a company isn’t doing so hot.

It’s also stupid they would clamp down like this on ad-supported plans. Advertisers want eyeballs, and this means less of them. Reminds me of Reddit moving to a log-in only model.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/07/15/with-netflix-down-45-from-its-highs-viewer-engagem/

https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-engagement-data-earnings-subscribers-stock-wall-street-2026-7

[-] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago

I will never understand investors. Anyone with half a brain can put two and two together when a company starts hiding anything. Investors have no idea what they're doing, they just trust the customer will make them money, get angry when they've been duped, and will do it again.

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

Not all investors are in it for the long run. Some just expect a short boost or go short betting on a loss.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

In this case, the ads are probably bringing in less per viewer than the service costs, so having non-paying viewers is still a net negative.

Clamping down on this is probably a worse negative in the long run, but investors only care about this quarter.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Considering how many streamers are encouraging people to sign up for the ad-supported plans, I think they’re making more money from the ads. Of course, they’re double-dipping just like the cable companies used to do. Charging for a subscription, and then making even more money by showing you ads. The OP’s screenshot is like how they used to charge for each cable descrambler box in a home. Wanna watch in both the bedroom and the living room? Pay up!

It’s just greed.

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

the biggest reason is, them cancelling too many shows too soon. after 1-2 season, the show ceases to ecist. 3 if you are lucky and its thier way of forcing its end.

[-] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

One of the reasons I stopped watching Netflix shows was because all the ones I got invested those were cancelled just after one season.

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[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Stranger Things finally ended and the price for no ads went over $20 per month. That's what made me finally quit.

[-] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Advertisers want eyeballs, and this means less of them. Reminds me of Reddit moving to a log-in only model.

Not sure if you're being rhetorical, but I'll answer anyways. The reason Reddit wants you to log in is to better track you, no duh. The reason that makes them more money is because better data means better ad targeting, and better ad targeting can be translated to results like a better click through rate. When a platform has that, they can incentivize more advertisers to spend more money on their platform.

That way, each time they sell an ad, that ad can be more expensive. It's undeniable that demanding logins will be bad for the number of ads they sell, but if they can sell higher quality ads, they'll make more money at the end of the day.

This whole thing is the core driver behind privacy being eroded at scale, because ad targeting has proven effective, and so advertisers want to advertise on the platform with the best targeting. So everyone wants to spy on their users the best and build the best targeting.

[-] sudo@lemmy.today 65 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, too many people are using your account. 0 people should be on it.

[-] gergolippai@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

my thought exactly:)) 1 is already 1 too many

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago

Sing with me lads

Ohhhhhhhh🎵

Do what you want cuz a pirate is free 🏴‍☠️

[-] Cherry@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Arrr me mateys year media media is freeeeee and ad-less

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, I've been finding myself using Netflix again after years (stayed subscribed for the wife and MIL) to watch One Piece, a show about pirates, since I can access it at work and also because they skip both the intro and recap unlike Plex which only skips the intro.

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[-] kaotic@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago

Who remembers netflix’s “Love is sharing a password.” tweet?

[-] cosmos8188@leminal.space 26 points 2 weeks ago

Love is sharing good torrent trackers.

[-] kaotic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or usenet indexer.

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[-] chode_tode@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

Ya'll are still paying for this shit? LOL.

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[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago

I cancelled my Netflix several years ago literally the very first time I got an error that too many people were watching or a screen wasn't authorized or whatever the specific "you can't share your account anymore" error was at the time.

The fact that account sharing was tacitly allowed was literally the only thing keeping the value proposition of having the account afloat.

[-] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

The fact Netflix used to actually use sharing accounts as PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL is wild to me. They leaned healily into it.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Jellyfin doesn't have this problem

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Dude, Jellyfin and Tailscale is amazing.

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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 25 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck em. Lots of free media out there. My local library has all sorts of stuff, and that's not even considering what's out on the high seas.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously. Libraries. Support your local library!

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Been a Netflix subscriber since the early days. Talking getting DVDs in the mail, 3 at a time, watching all sorts of crazy shit, back when they let you have a profile where you could personally 5-star rate and even leave a review for movies you'd watched. Me and a friend got competitive about it, would watch movies all the time, rate and review them, we easily had lists into the 800-1000 range.

Then they deleted all of it with no warning.

But I kept with it, because although I pirate a lot, I still like the convenience of not having to download all the stuff on there, and there's still some decent releases. And I share my account with my ex-wife, so she doesn't have to pay for it. And then when I'm on vacation, usually there's a smart TV or whatever and I can log on to keep watching whatever series I happen to be on at the moment (right now it's Stargate SG1).

But the other day I got a warning about how I'm using a different device, and I had to double authenticate and reenter passwords to "allow" me to watch from my personal computer... and it made my blood boil. Shut the FUCK UP netflix, you dumb mother fucker. I'll watch the service I fucking PAY FOR, on my OWN FUCKING DEVICE, WHENEVER I FUCKING WANT TO.

One more blood boiling moment and I'll just cancel their bullshit all together. I have a gig internet connection, I can just download shit crazy fast, I don't fucking need you anymore netflix. you forget that the slight convenience of not downloading things is the ONLY reason you exist. Stop being convenient, stop being used.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

sad, AMAZON cancelled the new series for stargate, maybe they thought it only reach a small audience, and not a "Wide enough audience as they claim"

[-] SayJess 11 points 2 weeks ago

Plex. Jellyfin is fine too, I am just used to Plex and prefer it’s interface. I don’t mind paying a few dollars per month for it.

[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

This is coming from a person with a Plex lifetime pass for the last 15 years. Fuck Plex and their greed.

I was on the same boat as you, but this year I switched to Jellyfin and could not be happier. It actually feels smoother for me than Plex. Also there are a pot of little quality of life improvements which did not work on Plex for me, like always auto loadng subtitles in my language of choice.

[-] dai@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Plex is good for those in our circles who only know of VPNs from ads on YouTube.

Jellyfin is great and all but not something you can just expose to the internet and hope for the best.

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[-] interesting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You do not subscribe ,you should use pirate and do not feed these imperialist oligarchs

check out: https://fmhy.net/video

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[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Their content has quickly become shit tier. Every new show seems like an attempt to check as many boxes as their hits from over five years ago. Spreadsheet programming. That or low budget docuseries.

But that's programming everywhere now. Who woulda thought that consolidating the entire entertainment industry into three players would have negative consequences.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Buckle up my man. Remember how shit programming got during, and then following, the writers guild strike? How many shows just...could not recover?

Imagine if the writers were to strike again. They'd be replaced with AI scabs in a heartbeat.

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I pay for a number of concurrent streams, so "too many at one time" is a legitimate thing. What I disagree with completely is that they want them all in one house. If I pay for 4 streams, they ought to be able to be anywhere. Because I paid for 4.

[-] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago

To the high seas, me hearties!!

[-] kreel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Cancelled last week when I realized that I watch it almost never, the content I did consume was essentially filler, and the price was double what I originally subscribed for. I haven't picked anything else to replace it yet but I think it's finally reached the point that they are worse than the competition by a significant enough margin to matter. They really burned a lot of innate advantages. Thank you Mr. Doctorow for the correct terminology to address the situation!

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[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

yes, but this is outlined in the contract and you should know this.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think I’ve watched things on like five devices at once on my Jellyfin. Never had this issue.

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Emby: "17 people in 5 countries are watching your media. Nice."

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I continue to be glad I've not paid for a streaming service, cable, satellite, or any other tv/media service in the entirety of my life.

My mother stopped paying for satellite tv in like 2014ish, my sister stopped paying for Netflix in 2019, and I've provided an Emby server with an Ombi and arr stack based requests system to my whole family since 2017.

Those services have done more than enough to prove they don't deserve my money.

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