this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
326 points (98.2% liked)
Technology
59589 readers
3376 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This is more feel than empirical data, but Netflix feels like they've gotten markedly better over the last 2-3 months.
I get the subscription as part of a membership on some other things, but would not have paid for the service the way it's gone over the last ~2 years. That said after seeing the recent improvements, if my access to Netflix was cut off tomorrow, I'd probably shell out for the lowest non-ad tier of service.
However, mad respect for the people out there keeping the P2P/torrenting communities alive.
Edit: spelling errors
What's worth watching on Netflix? I scan it every now and then and find nothing. I have no idea why I still pay for it. No one in my house watches it either. I should cancel until Stranger Things comes back.
While not the newest content, it recently caused me to find and finally watch the classics Boyz in the Hood and Training Day, and this weekend I intend to watch Vice. It was also because of Netflix that I first found the new Puss in Boots movie, Blue-Eye Samurai, and Delicious in Dungeon (I generally loathe anime so those last two are fairly significant).
I think Inside Job and Narcos are Netflix only content? I thoroghly enjoyed both of those (and totally understand why people hate them for canceling Inside Job). My wife enjoyed/enjoys (she's doing a full rewatch ATM) of Orange is the New Black. The two of us also just finished binging Kim's Convenience.
They also just added some other big name content that were (I think?) Exclusive content on other platforms - specifically thinking Dune, Whiplash, and Joker.
Between discovery and availability, Netflix adds value to my life in my opinion.
100% respect for people who disagree and have contrary opinions and/or are outraged at their handling of exclusive content (ngl, I'm not happy with them canceling Inside Job). But it's good enough for me to keep around - that, and my wife is super NOT technically inclined, and I've yet to find a solution outside of a standard streaming deal (read as: anything involving sailing the high seas) that meshes with her willingness to work with it.
Edit: Spelling is hard.
"Pussy in Boots"
Typo or sexy spin-off?
Also Blue-Eye Samurai was super cool and Dreamworks has been killing itwith their movies
Wow, yeah def a typo there. Thanks for catching that for me.
One man's typo is another man's opportunity
I know Lemmy is supposed to be a "post-karma" ecosystem, but I'm happy to provide the additional upvotes and apparent activity.
I wasn't correcting you because you were wrong, I was pointing it out cause it was funny :)
It only got 'worse' if you're American. They've been consistently adding cool foreign media. Sure not everything can be a hit but that's literally true for regular cable too. Plenty of shitty channels and shows. I canceled my sub anyways because of the price a while back, arrrg.