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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.

Is Lemmy a good alternative? in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Sorry to hear that

Is Lemmy a good alternative? in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Hello fellow Reddthat user!

Is Lemmy a good alternative? in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Thank you for thé communities list!

Is Lemmy a good alternative? in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

For example, /r/mildyinteresting has 286k subscribers. Lemmy has around 51k active users across the entire platform and all of it’s communities. And /r/mildyinteresting is a misspelling of the even more popular /r/mildlyinteresting (23.4 million subscribers).

Even some of the niche gaming communities are larger on Reddit (/r/Kenshi, 145k; /r/factorio, 370k).

I would take those numbers with a grain of salt. Reddit tends to artificially pump these numbers, for instance geodefaults have millions of subs but only a few hundreds actively participating

Not just a Reddit problem. Internet culture is stupid, downvoters are stupid, anti-light-mode toxicity is stupid, and thank god Lemmy doesn't hide comments due to downvotes. in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

You should move to Reddthat, they disabled downvotes

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Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/games@sh.itjust.works

47 comments fedilink

There's apparently a Reddit activity streak achievement system now. in c/reddit@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 102 points 1 week ago

They are getting desperate

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In-depth discussion about the agency of characters in Blade Runner 2049 (discuss.online)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

Link to the original comments: https://discuss.online/comment/8360152

Lemmyverse link: https://lemmyverse.link/discuss.online/comment/8360152

!movies@lemm.ee

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Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/databreaches@lemmy.zip

2 comments fedilink

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What I have Learned from Two Years of Running a Small Social Media Website (cheapskatesguide.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

4 comments fedilink

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[Meta] Dads, which community should be the one(s?) (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/dadworld@lemmy.world

3 comments fedilink

Hello everyone,

Randomly stumbled upon @orangeNgreen@lemmy.world's comment in another thread about the different dad communities:

!dadworld@lemmy.world: last post 10 days ago, previous one 1 month ago

!daddit@kbin.social: last post 2 weeks ago

!dads@feddit.uk: last post 2 days ago, previous one 8 days ago

!dadsonly@lemmy.world: last post 2 months ago

!dadsplain@lemmy.ca: last post 4 days ago, previous one 2 months ago

!dadvice@lemmy.world: last post 2 months ago

!fatherverse@midwest.social: last post 5 days ago, previous one 2 months ago

So I guess there are some conversations ongoing, but they are scattered all over the place.

Should we maybe discuss a potential consolidation?

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Life expectancy in 1800, 1950 and 2015 (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Patient gamers, what are your favourite city builders? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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As Cities Skylines II still isn't worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it's not: https://old.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ch6lup/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_megathread/) which games scratch your city building itch?

Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 58 points 3 months ago

It has been a while that Nitter shut down. Still a pity, a few artists posted only there