I say we should collectively strike from streaming platforms to send a message. If you want to watch shows, collect DVDs from the library or thrift store and rip them to a USB drive. If you have a newer TV with a built in media player, it can read the video formats on the USB drive for quick access to your favorite shows.
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rynzcycle@kbin.social 8 months ago
Ah yes, because derivative reality shows and bottom-of-the-barrel adult cartoons are so expensive to produce.
What the hell happened, you used to be good.
Just cancelled, haven't touched NF since I subbed to HBO (and even that is getting cancelled next month). Maybe its time to try Hulu.
Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maalus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah cause collective strikes of a vocal minority work out so great in the end lol
variants@possumpat.io 8 months ago
but in this case me cancelling all my subscriptions led me to a great hobby and acquiring my own media instead of trying to figure out what streaming service has what is so much better, plus sharing it with friends and family so they dont need streaming services, at least not all of them is great
Maalus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure. It won’t change Netflix, their pricing or their decisions though. Unless something really big happens (and by that I mean like 20% of all subscribers leaving) they won’t care.
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Right, but it’s not like I miss out on shows I want to watch if I just go watch them “online” instead of paying.
Maalus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah sure. Let’s just not act as if people on lemmy represent the entire society - and them not paying for streaming somehow will make Netflix notice
rynzcycle@kbin.social 8 months ago
Im at a stage where I am more than happy to pay for really good shows. It really isn't about price, just value. It's just been ages since NF made anything stellar.
They said about The OA (I loved season 1)...
Neflix describes The OA as "a big creative swing we were proud to take," but says that when it comes to deciding what to renew and what to cancel, "viewing versus cost" is always what it takes into account.
This philosophy means we get loads of average crap. They aren't a regular network, why the hell are they acting like it.
I've said before, because it's linked with delivery, Prime seems to be the only service willing to take risks, and they make some great stuff because of it. HBO seems to be a distant second.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
When I saw OA, I thought holy shit Netflix really gets it, this is amazing, I can’t wait to see what comes next. And now it’s like a special on the Johnny Depp trial and a bunch of depressing drama / horror shows. There was a brief golden age but nothing really good since Covid.
Maximilious@kbin.social 8 months ago
Funny enough I just cancelled my Hulu after they jacked the ad-free price up to $18. It was $12 when I first subscribed about 6 or 7 years ago.
I will say thier D+ and Hulu price doesn't seem bad with the current promotion, but I'm getting D+ currently from family. I've always sailed the seas even when subbed to Hulu, but once D+ starts blocking sub sharing I'll be shoving off for the long foreseeable future once again.
CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Hulu is my most used service. Honestly I could drop all others and be happy
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Hulu will still show ads for some things, even if you pay extra for ad free. Pisses me off, they’re a terrible company. They’ll never get another dime from me.
uberkalden@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No, bullshit. It was like 3 shows due to old licensing. This is not a thing
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Idk why you’re trying to tell me bullshit to something I experienced for myself, but okay. I can tell you that it did happen and it pissed me off, and it was enough to make me never want to go back. Plus (I’m not sure if this is still the case) they wouldn’t let me fast-forward commercials on programs I had recorded from their live TV programs. Even though I had also paid the extra there to get no/fewer ads. Something like $80 a month at the time.
So yeah, no bullshit. Sorry to disappoint you.
uberkalden@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t know what the fuck you paid for, but it wasn’t the ad free service the rest of us got. They have a web page dedicated to explaining the few exceptions they had to ad-free. Live TV is a separate thing from normal Hulu. Are you confusing the two?
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 8 months ago
3 > 0
Failure to provide a service sometimes is failure to provide a service.
uberkalden@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh my God. Grow up. No one here even watched those shows
criticon@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
No it doesn’t. At most it shows what channel produces the show you are watching and when to expect more episodes, and it takes less than 5 seconds
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yes it does, or it did when I was subscribed. It was usually on reality type shows like HGTV or other similar things. I also hated that it wouldn’t let me skip ads on things I had recorded on live TV. They also have had shitty no-account sharing policies since before Netflix enraged everyone with their plan for that. I remember them not letting me watch from my account because I wasn’t at my set home address.
Don’t know what to tell you. Their services were charging way too much to be limiting features like that, and I’m not going back. At least YouTube TV lets you skip ads in recorded programs.
firadin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They used to do that for a handful of shows due to streaming contracts, but last time I checked (~2019) it was literally two shows. Is it more now?
uberkalden@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He’s confusing Hulu with Hulu TV
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
To me, it seemed to be any show that also showed on live TV stations or something? I didn’t know the exact reasons, but it did seem to happen with things affiliated with certain TV stations. But the fact that they do/have done it at all is enough to turn me off.