Technology

Some people who use Ersatz (software to turn your media into tv channels) actually ADD ads to it. I don't get it.

Haha, already there. I canceled my Netflix a year ago or so after the amount of cheap self produced stuff got too much and they removed more and more older quality content.

Now, whenever I want to stream I sign up for a single streaming service for a month or two - but the time where I was just subscribed all the time is over.

Ah one reason also was the sharing crackdown, I had kept the subscription long term as my kids used it when they were at my place or my ex-wife's. Nowadays it doesn't work anymore as (for example) the TV my son has at the ex-wife's place never is connected via my internet.

With added commercials, less quality etc streaming got less attractive. Hey, nowadays I regularly go to movie theaters, again.

And if things get worse, somewhere I still have my captain's hat and the wooden leg for sailing the seven seas...

I won't watch even streaming when it comes to films, series... It's oh so nice to play back that video all by myself.

Sadly I think you're a optimistic with those numbers. It's probably gonna be a few thousand. The numbers can feel skewed if you only look at Lemmy.

Same here. Best part is that they even have non-Netflix media in that tier. Love it.

I'm kinda proud of myself, that I skipped Netflix and never took off my pirate hat.

This is straight up victim blaming.

I paid for the ad tier of disneyplus and use an adblocker. Seems to work well so far.

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.

She is exactly admitting members barely pay attention. It’s a pretty widely known issue in the screenwriting community. Netflix in particular wants more “second screen scripts.” Meaning they need shows that constantly remind you of what’s happening, have tons of expository dialogue—constantly—and that leans hard into the shallow end of story. Because they’re assuming you’re not watching and are on your phone.

While I am in the same boat as you, you severely overestimate the tech-affinity of the average Netflix user.

Pirating content safely, setting up a media server for it, share it with other people... it is all possible, there is good documentation out there. But aside from having the drive to do this, you also need to invest time to keep it running and maintain it.

The average person out there is happy to pay Netflix money so they don't need to do that.

Edit: add to that also the fact that it is technically illegal in many countries. This is probably also a deterrent for the average person.