Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge
(www.bbc.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Now that we’re through that, we’re able to resume our standard approach," co-chief executive Greg Peters said on a call with analysts to discuss its latest quarterly update.
The gains are an ironic twist for a firm that resisted calls to sell ads for years, saying such a move would hurt the viewer experience and complicate its business with privacy risks and other issues.
But the company was jolted by an unexpected subscriber decline in the first half of 2022, followed by a fall in profits, which prompted it to seek out new ways to bring in new viewers - and more money.
But the programme has sparked excitement on Wall Street since selling ads, on top of subscriptions, has the potential to bolster the money a company can earn per account.
Netflix said it had offered a strong slate of programmes, including hits like the Beckham documentary series and Adam Sandler’s Leo.
The platform received 18 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, including “Best Picture” for Maestro starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
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Cloudstream on android tv, hexated repo and boom everything. Fuck corporate streaming, hit the seas.
As an avid sailor I agree
Interesting… Where might one find sources?
https://github.com/recloudstream/cloudstream
https://github.com/hexated/cloudstream-extensions-hexated
You’re a gentleman and a scholar.
It looks like a worse version of Stremio, unless there’s something I’m missing?
I haven’t used stremio in a long time so it might have changed, but cloudstream will remember your currently watching list and will remember where you left off, which is why I like using it, but really it’s just a newish streaming app that allows custom repos.
Stremio + torrentio + RealDebrid
This allows Stremio to stream any torrent using the RealDebrid service, which already has cached copies of the most popular downloads so you can watch it instantly from their servers. It also has a great library feature to save followed shows, and progress is saved and synced to your Stremio account.
reddit.com/…/ultimate_guide_to_stremio_torrentio_…
The only caveat here is that RealDebrid is a paid service, but I only pay around $3 a month and it has literally everything that is on any of the streaming services.
This setup is now my primary means of watching tv and movies, and I say that as someone who has a couple of media servers filled with content and hosted with Plex - this Stremio setup is just too good.
This is a barrier, you would not believe all the people see me weird because I pay to watch pirated stuff lol, even if the amount is so insignificant it raises some eyebrows (here we don’t even pay for VPNs because they are not needed, for surfing the seas at least).
So yeah, Cloudstream remains as a fair cheaper (free lol) alternative for Stremio in the Android environment at least.
Indeed CS worked for me better when the Kronch (Crunchyroll streams) addon worked, (last time I checked it was not working, I hope that is not the case) because newer stuff can take some time to make it to the public trackers (which is where Torrentio gathers its stuff).
…and for that reason I’m out
I was easily paying over $60 a month for various streaming services, now I pay $3.
You could be paying $0 is the thing
Yeah, I already have a QNAP 8-bay NAS with the *Arr stack pulling tv shows and movies and automatically serving them up in my Plex instance “for free” (because operating costs).
Stremio is just super convenient, and that’s what I’m paying for, the convenience. I can just turn it on and start watching random garbage tv and don’t have to worry about it taking up space on my server, because it’s content that I will probably never watch again.
Both apps are horrible. Just having to understand where the hell to find the magic codes to add content to cloudstream is a pain. Stremio is a whole other mess to understand the plugins and which types they are and what are the catalogs and all that stuff, and then it’s torrent. But people online all jumped on some poor man solution where you pay for something debrid stupid thing to make stremio use http downloads instead of torrents.
Yeah the apps works, but no one sane can say they are good.
Shitification continues.
Greed. Nuff said
This Just In: Corporations Succeed In Ripping People Off Because People Are Fucking Lazy and Piracy Is “Too Hard.”
There is a third option of not consuming this content.
That is such weird framing.
As someone who pays for streaming and cable like a good boy and also pirates things that cannot be purchased, I assure you that using legit services is so much bigger a headache.
I’m buying up physical media of everything I want to keep while I still can.
Also, sometimes some people just decide that the content provided is worth the price charged.
How is asking people to pay for the service you’re providing “ripping them off”? Netflix is like 10 euros a month. You can’t literally buy even one DVD with that.
I haven’t ever used Netflix, nor any other streaming service except for Spotify, but I find it absolutely incredible how people are complaining for not getting this all for free. Why would anyone create new tv-shows and movies if it’s not going to make them any money? It’s crazy the mental gymnastics online pirates do to justify their behaviour. I’ve always used adblocker and have pirated my fair share of content but I’m not kidding myself about it being anything other than stealing. I’m taking a product and not paying for it. We’re just as greedy as the people we critizise.
This is a dishonest argument. People were glad to pay for netflix when it was 2015. Guess what? It’s 2024 now and there’s competition in town and you better compete or be called a rip-off.
Spotify is good unlike netflix.
The problem is not making “any” money… the problem is the greed of executives and shareholders who demand exponential growth.
If the economy is good and people on this god forsaken planet can afford stuff without signing away their souls then you have a point.
You’re a fool if you think businesses haven’t stolen anything.
Speak for yourself. You will change your mind when you sit next to a VP when he talks about letting go of employees like cattle just because his numbers don’t look good over the next quarter for a company that he is bailing out off in the next 6 months, collecting his multimillion dollar compensation.
Wanting to pirate Barbie is NOTHING compared to the levels of psychopathy of an exec in a company.
Shame on you for comparing us with psychopaths.
You either replied to the dumbest bootlicker ever or a bot.
This is just whataboutism. Two wrongs don’t make it right. The only reason stuff like streaming services, movies and tv series still exists is because there are people paying for them. Piracy is just freeriding. We let others do the dirty work and then demand our share that we don’t deserve. These things are not binary. It’s not either - or. It’s still wrong to steal from your neighbour even if they’re an asshole.
If you don’t like Netflix then stop using it and subscribe to their competitor. If you want it both ways then atleast be honest about it.
Also, no one is demanding exponential growth. Do you even know what that means?
Why are you using facts with people this entitled and delusional? You think it will help?
It won’t . . .
Piracy is easy af tho. Easier than signing up for shit.
The vast majority of people have never heard the word “bittorrent”. People hate learning, so they whip out the credit card to watch mid netflix shows.
Not so sure about that. I’m actually surprised at the number of people that I would never have imagine, that have started to pirate. Maybe it’s just anecdotal, but I have a feeling that we are going to start to see updated versions of " YOU WOULDN’T STEAL…" PSA ads for the cloud era.
I have a subscription only because it was added on to another service. I wouldn’t be surprise if they padded their numbers by giving out accounts as paired deals.
As many have said, it’s just cable all over again
People are idiots
Netflix used to make some really great stuff. Now it’s just execptionally woke at the expense of good writing.
The only good stuff on neflix is the foreign stuff.
Lol Netflix has always being what you called “woke”. Nothing change its just that now people have a name for it.
What a woke response. Now excuse me while I crank the AC so my snowflake body doesnt melt.
A lot of the original content was old and pre dated the woke content. Even stuff like stranger things changed during the course.
Worst timeline
Does it? Is there proof this time? Last time the media jumped on this narrative, it turned out Netflix had lost subscribers in western nations where they’d cracked down, and simply added users in cheaper emerging markets.
The fact that they are adding pro wrestling to the channel does not bode well for their future. It’s what cable networks did when they started hemorrhaging users (see SyFy).
Netflix is also getting rid of their cheapest plan. Another sign they aren’t doing so great.
These articles are written by the subjects. I used to think they had to at least take the journalists out to a nice lunch or something, but in fact there are no actual journalists involved. Sad
The media takes a press release, signs off on it and releases it usually word for word a lot. They’ll put their name and brand on it, but that’s a honest to goodness press release.
This article might be a blend, strange that at least on mobile I can’t find an author for this one.
Yeah, can’t find author. Great point.
Yeah pro wrestling is a sign we are going the cable route. It’s almost funny.
SyFy also did the same shit as Netflix and cancelled all their shows after two seasons. I liked a lot of their shows but after a while SyFy became synonymous with “no point in getting invested” which is where Netflix has been for a long time for me. I dropped it long before the password crackdown crap. Hoist the sails, me mateys!
R.i.p dark matter. I’ll never forget you!
I loved that show!
I honestly thought dark matter, killjoys, and the expanse were Syfy turning over a new leaf and really going back to their roots to keep the network relevant. Guess I was wrong…
Stopped it when it was at its peak. Raised by Wolves was another great show axed too early, fuck HBO
I have Peacock for the PPVs, that’s as far as I’ll go. I have no problem downloading RAW or Smackdown the next day and watching without commercials.
Netflix will never get my money for the amount they charge. Fuck Netflix in the ass with a cactus.
Hey! You using my fetish as a synonym for “unenjoyable and bad punishment” is not cool.
lol sure it does
Yo ho ho and a bottle of netflix
I was highly sceptical about this, too, because watching Netflix at more than one location and by more than one family member. Have to say that we haven't had any issue so far. Perhaps it helps that we still spend weekends at primary location together. 🤷♂️
Yarrr
Look at that Getty images girl, she is clearly happy with her Netflix. /s
Yeah bruv i can’t be bothered with any of that shit. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Yyyyaaaaarrrrrrrr!
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Because companies realize that giving us shit things will make us hand over more money and, with our hands bound behind our back, on our knees, bleeding from the lip, we’ll ask for another slap with lust in our voices?
I am going to get downvoted for this but yeah, this is kind of expected. We think that they will lose customers. Yeah they will lose us but they don’t care. We’re not part of the market that they’re building on. Their markets are those who depends on them, those that can’t live without them. And they don’t care about about our generation that much because we are part of the experimental generations when they tested the market. The new generation are their targets because that’s are what they’re exposed to when they grow up.
Google is a good example as a case study. They took really long time to figure out how to make money. Instead of using ads banners like its counterparts during its time, it stayed on providing free services, Gmail, maps etc, so that we’ll get hooked to them. It’s only once we’re hooked to them that they start changing things leaving the next gen with no much choice.
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Dude, if you don’t agree with me, at least you can attack my arguments by stating your counterarguments. I believe that’s much more useful.
Anyway, I am part of the quite early Internet Netscape, geocities, excite, Hotmail, Google etc generation, if you understand what I mean. Quite possible, I’ve lived through the whatever 4 generations you’re talking about. But it’s not useful for me to talk about that. So I stop at that.
I’d bet the majority of us are millennials, though.