Technology

Some people who use Ersatz (software to turn your media into tv channels) actually ADD ads to it. I don't get it.

I won't watch even streaming when it comes to films, series... It's oh so nice to play back that video all by myself.

That absolutely won't happen.

Everybody on Lemmy and Reddit were saying the same when they banned account sharing and price increases. In reality their subscriber numbers went through the roof and so did their profits.

Nah, my cousins are normies. Every time I'm at their place and the TV is on, you almost can't tell if the ads get more play than the content they actually wanted to see. Their TV is treated like an old FM radio where ads are just a part of it. They complain, but they'll never actually do anything about it.

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.

I'm kinda proud of myself, that I skipped Netflix and never took off my pirate hat.

Same here. Best part is that they even have non-Netflix media in that tier. Love it.

I paid for the ad tier of disneyplus and use an adblocker. Seems to work well so far.

There's a word for that: enshittification

They have told writers to dumb things down and have the characters speak aloud what they’re doing because so many people doom scroll while it’s on in the background.

There not making quality. They’re making elevator music for your home.

She is exactly admitting members barely pay attention. It’s a pretty widely known issue in the screenwriting community. Netflix in particular wants more “second screen scripts.” Meaning they need shows that constantly remind you of what’s happening, have tons of expository dialogue—constantly—and that leans hard into the shallow end of story. Because they’re assuming you’re not watching and are on your phone.

While I am in the same boat as you, you severely overestimate the tech-affinity of the average Netflix user.

Pirating content safely, setting up a media server for it, share it with other people... it is all possible, there is good documentation out there. But aside from having the drive to do this, you also need to invest time to keep it running and maintain it.

The average person out there is happy to pay Netflix money so they don't need to do that.

Edit: add to that also the fact that it is technically illegal in many countries. This is probably also a deterrent for the average person.