Comment on Netflix used to not have ads, now it’s ‘celebrating’ two years with them

Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• archonet@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Or, even better, stop giving them your money and get Plex or Jellyfin and return to the seven seas.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A vastly better experience for less money? Never! /s

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  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Addons like the one linked are useful for me to share with friends. I have many friends who have a soft anti-piracy stance. Not due to ideological conflicts — it’s mostly that their inexperience combined with knowing that pirating is forbidden makes them feel uncomfortable. Adblocking carries a similar sense of discomfort, but much milder, so it can be useful as a small step for overly anxious family and friends.

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    • archonet@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mean, setting up Mullvad too isn’t that hard and compared to a Netflix subscription, it’s paid for itself several times over in the time I’ve had it. But I get that that might not be something your friends are willing to fiddle with.

      That said, we’re on Lemmy, in the technology community – I’m reasonably confident that almost everyone here who is going to read your comment has the skills necessary to setup Mullvad and Plex; if not the entire *arr suite, a NAS, and Jellyfin.

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      • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That said, we’re on Lemmy, in the technology community – I’m reasonably confident that almost everyone here who is going to read your comment has the skills necessary

        Yeah, my comment was getting more at the fact I have loved ones whose behaviour I can shift in small ways, such as by sending a link to an add on to block ads.

        Especially as the blockage isn’t necessarily the skills, but a more nebulous sense of unease that I wonder whether is linked to the “you wouldn’t download a car” era of anti-piracy ads

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  • Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I get this free with T-mobile, so I might as well use it. I use jellyfin for everything else.

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