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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Back then, when I wanted to watch a film, I checked Netflix first, then amazon video. I only reached for other sources if it was unavailable at both. Now there are way too many platforms to pay for, and they are getting way too shitty to pay at all.

There was a time when I was even feeling good going "clean". Now everything is dirtier than I ever imagined.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, not only are there a dozen platforms that you need to search but they all suck. I have seen so many instances where people download videos for a vacation and then they can't be played. I can't even share screenshots to advertise the shows that you are selling to my friends for free!

Funny enough when I have a video file sitting on my computer it just works, all of the time, super fast. And instead of using services that tell me what streaming platform a given show is on it is easier to use a service that tell me the infohash of the file.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Totally agree!

[–] MrScottyTay 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I just have one platform on the box go at once. And keep a mental list of the things I want to see, when it comes to switching platforms I think of the things I currently want to see the most, see where they are, and go there for a month or two. Rinse and repeat.

If there's something I REALLY want to see but they're awkward to get, nonexistent, or only on ad platforms. I'll look for affordable blu rays before moving to piracy. I got the Red Dwarf blu ray box set recently, and I'm so happy I did.