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by w1nt3rmu4e 2714 days ago
It's amazing how many people here -- presumably reasonably successful people -- are butt hurt about paying a few more dollars a month for unlimited, high quality (in terms of streaming quality) content.

I fail to see this as a cynical attempt to squeeze more money out of consumers. Netflix is cheap. Really, really cheap. They're putting a ton of money into original content. The streaming quality is fantastic.

No, it's not all amazing content. How much f'n content do you need? Get off the damn couch, go outside, get some work done, whatever.
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npongratz 2714 days ago
Well, Netflix did claim at one time that their goal was to offer the ability for anyone to stream any movie ever created. So I guess I'm "butt-hurt" (/s, not really, I rarely believe these people's claimed goals) that some executive made a promise that they did not keep.

https://www.wired.com/2009/09/ff-netflix/

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TheLoneAdmin 2714 days ago
What's the better option?
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npongratz 2714 days ago
Don't make promises you know you can't or won't keep.

Edit: To clarify, the above is advice for execs and marketing types. Alternatively, as a listener, don't believe any marketing you read.

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choward 2714 days ago
> They're putting a ton of money into original conten

What if I want the same service I originally signed up for and not this bait and switch crap. I didn't ask them to make their own shows and get rid of good ones. Why should I have to pay extra for it?

> Get off the damn couch, go outside, get some work done, whatever.

Cancel Netflix. Great idea.

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SketchySeaBeast 2714 days ago
> They're putting a ton of money into original content.

That's not why I got Netflix. I got Netflix so I could binge watch every episode of TNG. Now do I enjoy some Netflix originals? Absolutely. But I would rather just have a massive back catalogue of old TV to watch.

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sambe 2714 days ago
Content disappears, UI gets worse. Percentage of low-quality "original content" goes up. Market is being fragmented, so after you're done paying for what you didn't want to watch on Netflix, you pay somewhere else for the thing you did want (possibly you used to be able to get it on Netflix). Then the prices go up across the board.

You can't see how this could be annoying? "Do something else" isn't a replacement entertainment service for when people have finished their work and been outside already.

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Rebelgecko 2714 days ago
> The streaming quality is fantastic.

That's highly dependent on your computer's operating system, web browser, HDMI cable, monitor HDCP version, whether your CPU was made by Intel or AMD, which generation of Intel CPU you have, and probably some other factors which I haven't ran into.

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spacehome 2714 days ago
> unlimited

??? Netflix is quite limited. It doesn't even have Seinfeld, which my Plex Media Server does.

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