Soo... the ad income is higher than the energy costs of gen. AI? They lied about the pennies per visit? π’
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Netflix showed time and time again that they are shit at counting money. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're losing money on those ads but will do them anyway because managers eat the worst possible hype for breakfast.
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Well, time to cancel finally I've gotten used to torrenting again anyway
Jellyfin
i just subscribe to the netflix tier that serves all streams as torrents
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So the dead Internet extends to streaming.
Also anyone else interested in just crazy an ai add what will be.
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After that comes the part where the AI hallucinates a world where advertising guidelines don't exist and gets the company sued for some very illegal advertising.
94 million people decided $10 a month savings was worth watching ads rather than doing without. Fuck em. They are the reason many things only have an ad supported tier. Pay for stuff or pirate it, but don't use ad supported tiers when you have a choice.
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They want the old cable tv days back, but worse
Nice thing is it can't come back. There are too many other sources of entertainment and information to make one feel like one is missing out by simply opting out.
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"Millions of former subscribers will cancel their accounts in 2026"
FTFY
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.
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β[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,β Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.
In terms of attention, she's either lying or admitting that members barely pay attention to their content.
They have told writers to dumb things down and have the characters speak aloud what theyβre doing because so many people doom scroll while itβs on in the background.
There not making quality. Theyβre making elevator music for your home.
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Netflix will what now? Sorry, I was busy canceling my netflix account.
Kidding, I canceled it ages ago when the $10 version became SD-only with ads.}
Why do we keep paying people like this to enshittify everything?
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If I pay for a service and get ads, that service is dead to me forever.
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Pirating has never felt so good. Normally I'm indifferent to it but now I'm enjoying it.