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[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 312 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (22 children)

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. πŸ–•

πŸ™„ 🀑 πŸ–•

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 168 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] flandish@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (18 children)

the word is actually β€œcapitalism.” it’s baked into its dna.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 220 points 1 month ago (3 children)

YAHAR!!!!! HOIST THE MAIN SAILS!!!!

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Implying there's anything worth pirating on Netflix these days.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 month ago (12 children)
[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You mean today? Today is Wednesday.

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[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 124 points 1 month ago (5 children)

They want the old cable tv days back, but worse

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 117 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This gem might need an update.

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[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 109 points 1 month ago (4 children)

β€œ[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.

Amy, I want you to be honest with me, are you an alien.

Because on planet Earth we do not, if fact, pay as much attention to the ads as to the things we're actually interested in. Famously our brains even produce this fascinating effect to spare us from the bullshit you're shoving into our eyeballs.

[–] StarshotJohn@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm just waiting for it to be like that Black Mirror episode where ads came on, the guy closed his eyes, and alarms went off until he opened them again.

[–] SufferingSteve@feddit.nu 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The bad thing about those kind of shows, is that while most people see that as a warning, and something to avoid.

Some people immediately start charting a path to how to make it a reality, and sometimes those people are very very smart and can chart a path that might take decades.

I say this while on the toilet, writing on a device that has cameras both front and back, always on microphones and location sensors, and facial recognition and 3D scanning equipment.

When the personalized condom ads start popping up, I will only be slightly annoyed.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They show me an ad, and they are out. It is that simple. Luckily, my life does not depend on streaming.

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[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 81 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Netflix will what now? Sorry, I was busy canceling my netflix account.

Kidding, I canceled it ages ago when the $10 version became SD-only with ads.}

Why do we keep paying people like this to enshittify everything?

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i just subscribe to the netflix tier that serves all streams as torrents

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Between that, price hike, and some weirdly low quality content because you don't use this or that browser, netflix really wants people to stop their subscriptions it seems.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

High seas baby!

There is surely a recognisable pattern here in which people leave because of this shit and to keep the flow of money going up they then have to further reduce quality by increasing ads.

I deleted my facebook a few weeks ago and signing in for the first time in years gave a look at what it became and it was unrecognisable.

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[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (7 children)

If I pay for a service and get ads, that service is dead to me forever.

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[–] Jakule17@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (10 children)
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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (11 children)

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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[–] eighty@aussie.zone 56 points 1 month ago (5 children)

β€œ[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.

In terms of attention, she's either lying or admitting that members barely pay attention to their content.

[–] TwistedCister@lemm.ee 44 points 1 month ago

They have told writers to dumb things down and have the characters speak aloud what they’re doing because so many people doom scroll while it’s on in the background.

There not making quality. They’re making elevator music for your home.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 56 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (10 children)

No they won't πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 month ago
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Either they have great technology, or they have great entertainment,” she said. β€œOur superpower has always been the fact that we have both.

Please. Your software is an image carousel and a video player.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"Millions of former subscribers will cancel their accounts in 2026"

FTFY

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[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The sooner people realize that the subscribers are nothing more than super-slow-boiled frogs to them, the better.

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

Pirating has never felt so good. Normally I'm indifferent to it but now I'm enjoying it.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is this feature coming to Sonarr/Radar + Jellyfin? /s

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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So the dead Internet extends to streaming.

Also anyone else interested in just crazy an ai add what will be.

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ads will continue until subscriptions improve

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[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I was looking to cut down on subscriptions and picked Netflix as an experimental one. I haven't missed it at all. Things like this make me less likely to occasionally reactivate for a couple of months as I was originally planning.

I wonder when they'll see a big enough effect to break their current run of fucking over their customers.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Soo... the ad income is higher than the energy costs of gen. AI? They lied about the pennies per visit? 😒

Also, πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sorry, did you say Netflix is going to be pirated aggressively for the few shows that aren't complete slop?

[–] vordalack@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Each day brings us closer to either Cyberpunk 2077 or Bladerunner

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Soon may the Pirateman come,

To bring us movies, games, and... Rum.

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[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Well piracy is the only way then.

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