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Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They want the old cable tv days back, but worse

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Youtube is also trying to be more like TV. Apparently, TV wasn’t bad enough.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, to this day all commercials are skippable on a DVR. It was stupid for anyone to think things with streaming would settle any differently.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Streaming was different for years and years. But then people got greedy.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago

It's quite something how they're trying to force the Internet to work as an artificial version of things we already have, instead of using it for the unique purposes which it can actually fulfill.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (7 children)

I recently setup my own Jellyfin server with qbittorent search plug-ins and its so easy. Netflix is really playing with fire here cause people will leave when pushed enough as it's becoming so easy to switch. You can just hop on your friends server too

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (7 children)

If I pay for a service and get ads, that service is dead to me forever.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 23 hours ago

Pirating has never felt so good. Normally I'm indifferent to it but now I'm enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 28 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Soon may the Pirateman come,

To bring us movies, games, and... Rum.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 22 hours ago

I've cancelled my subscriptions to only subscribe to the platforms owned by our national broadcaster even if there's one of them I don't watch any shows on, fuck those American platforms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

hahahahahaha

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago

Netflix can fuck right off as I cancel my subscription and board the Jolly Roger

[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (8 children)

Netflix doing their best to lose whatever customers they have left rofl

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