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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away.

Netflix must realize that it's a huge frustration for people who relied on offline downloads to watch content without internet access: on planes, trains, and campsites, and anywhere else where Wi-Fi is unavailable or unreliable.

There's a small chance that Netflix will change its mind if it gets enough complaints, but the streaming service seems determined to add as many money-making features as possible, while taking away genuinely useful ones.

Kekzkrieger ,

I got Netflix stock, and i can tell you guys that stock is just going up and up.

People rly are fking stupid

yamanii ,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Yep, it's why everyone is raising prices, introducing ads and stopping password sharing, Netflix was the case that proved it works, there was a dip but now they have more users than before it.

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

I use a Netflix download app or a video capture app to store Netflix videos for offline viewing. They are charging a lot and not meeting my needs so I take matter into my own hands.

uriel238 ,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

The people on your man o' war
Are treated worse than scum
I'm no flogging captain
And by God I've sailed with some
Come with me to Barbary
We'll ply there up and down
Not quite exactly
In the service of the Crown

🏴‍☠️

CaptainBasculin ,

How is this not considered false advertising? They literally market offline viewing as a feature

sunbeam60 ,

Cancelled last month. Don’t miss it. Entertain myself by downloading and installing Linux distributions instead. They usually can be downloaded using torrent/magnet links.

SaltySalamander ,
@SaltySalamander@fedia.io avatar

Cancelled in '19. Haven't missed it.

_number8_ ,

honestly every single headline about how shitty streaming is getting, wantonly, willfully, feels like a hit of crack. nothing better than owning your own library.

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Jellyfin + rip your movies off the dvds. You can even invite your friends to watch your movies too.

You know. Like we used to be able to.

Fuck late stage capitalism and every greedy little pig out there. Hope you lose your mansions, cars, and expensive toys. You can live down here with the rest of us at a perfectly reasonable level.

Badeendje ,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

The Enshittification will continue while our profits soar.

guyrocket ,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

Boycott!

sneezycat ,
@sneezycat@sopuli.xyz avatar

Enshittification follows its course.

Aurenkin ,

Guess it's time to use the other download feature.

cdf12345 ,

🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️

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