Aaaand I'm so glad I cancelled Netflix this year. All the new shows are kinda trash anyway.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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Took you long enough.
Did you know there are free streaming sites with greater selection and don't require you to make an account, let alone enter your credit card info and send them money?
To be honest I don't watch a lot of Netflix myself, I paid the service because my mom liked watching it, and stuff like stremio was a little too complicated for her to use; But eventually Netflix got so bad, she had to learn to use the small Media PC i setup for her and stremio as well!
Hate to see it but... it makes sense.
It's wrong, sure, in many ways (privacy, ecology, ethically depending on the dataset) but if there is 1 application where generative AI ads would make sense is through a personalized stream. So... yes it's bad, consumers might reject it, but it's not the actually dumbest way to use a terrible technology.
To be clear, again, I 100% hate it but if I was a greedy Netflix stakeholder I'd think "Hmmm yes, maybe!".
Not that it means anything here, but I'll definitely not partake. Hard pass.
I'm not familiar with how Netflix's ad tier works and am almost afraid to ask, but could someone ELI5?
If a company wanted to push an ad on Netflix, wouldn't it be up to them to decide whether to use AI make the thing? Or is this sort of the equivalent of a small business sending a script to the local radio station to have the DJ read it (i.e. rather than producing their own ad), except they add some AI-generated visuals?
Annnnnnnnnnnnnd it’s gone
YAR HAR HAR HAR
Stremio plus real debrid. All the services easily on any device.
Ads are ads, who cares if it's AI generated?
They are substantially cheaper to make and therefore have a greater profit margin because they can charge more for the advertising space.
These types of comments from companies are for investors and not a warning to consumers of what is coming.
My point was, fuck Netflix for their shitty business practices anyway. Ads are bad, AI ads aren't any better or worse.
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