Annnnd goodbye Netflix subscription
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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🤮 Glad I deleted my account years ago and use kodi to host my own library
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There is no way this doesn’t wind up making an ad that's misleading enough to get Netflix and/or the advertiser in trouble
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Eventually they will start making shows based on the user watching the show.
Please see Black Mirror, Series 6, Episode 1, "Joan Is Awful"
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I dunno at some point I’m just gonna stop watching tv and find other ways to entertain myself.
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I used this service in a rental for the first time in a few years. It sucks compared to other streaming services. I don't even know what people are possibly watching on this thing.
I started using it right after they launched their streaming service. Back then it was awesome. No ads, nice UI, and lots of great content, so for a good price.
But that was a long time ago.
I cancelled my subscription several months ago. And I should have done it much sooner. The difference between what is was way back in the day and what it is now is jarring.
I think a lot of people keep paying for nostalgia reasons, and because of a futile hope that Netflix might somehow go back to that earlier version. In retrospect I think that was a big part of why I kept my subscription for as long as I did (which was obviously a mistake on my part).
I seem to be the rare person that notices that something has changed slowly and completely (ship of theseus or frog boil style) over time.
I've cancelled and renewed Netflix a couple of times over the last decade but it's really a shadow of what it was at the start like you're describing. Occasionally, they have a single show worth pirating or binging over the course of like a year.
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I like that they give everyone an exact date to cancel their membership.
Soooooo fucking glad I spent the last 3 days re-re-re-re-making and reworking my NAS into a proper homelab made out of my old gaming PC, holy shit
A year of depression and shame at not finishing it suddenly ends right before the enshittification hits harder, nice
Now if my new HDDs could show the fuck up
The only reason I have netflix is because I stayed logged into my moms account after moving out. Once she dies or decided to stop paying it is when I will no longer have netflix. Im fine with losing it. I dont watch it much anyways. But now AI ads? Fuck no. They’ve been bad enough on youtube. Im considering getting a lyfetime membership to nebula and ditching youtube all together
Just do it. They will only get worse