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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away.

Netflix must realize that it's a huge frustration for people who relied on offline downloads to watch content without internet access: on planes, trains, and campsites, and anywhere else where Wi-Fi is unavailable or unreliable.

There's a small chance that Netflix will change its mind if it gets enough complaints, but the streaming service seems determined to add as many money-making features as possible, while taking away genuinely useful ones.

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago (11 children)

The one value streaming services provide is subtitles in languages other than English. Unfortunately there aren't enough pirates in a lot of countries to make foreign media viable.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

My small ass original country with 9m pop has its own subtitle pages for pirated content. You just need to search by title + release group (+episode, if a TV show).

I'm guessing most of them are created by some auto-subtitling services, because most are pretty horrible quality. But still better than nothing.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Is the release group the name of the people who usually upload subs? How would I find that?

For example, I've been trying to find Japanese subs for the show American Horror Story, but the only way I know to look is to search for the title plus subs. But the only result that even comes close is the opensubs site, which doesn't have much Japanese content.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The release group or person is usually a tag at the end of the file name before the extension.

You could try auto-translating the subtitle files content, see how well a job some of the translation services do.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, good point. I didn't think about translating the srt files myself-- I'll see if I can make that work

[–] didntwemeetin2007@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is helpful but I’ve used this site for my srt for rough translations

https://subtitlestranslator.com/

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, that looks promising, thanks. Free translators like google and such have a character limit so I couldn't just copy paste the whole file.

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