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It feels so futuristic (startrek.website)
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[–] 80 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What really annoys me is paying for the biggest Netflix package to get 4K content, then you watch a somewhat recent (non-Netflix) movie like The Equalizer (2014) and it's 1080p or less with a terrible bit rate.

That movie is available in 4K HDR. I know because I downloaded it to my Plex server and switched to watching that after 15 minutes of watching macroblocking and pixelation artefacts via the legal method.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    What annoys me ever more is that despite paying for the 4K tier of the streaming platform, and the 'best tier' on my Internet plan. If I were to watch a not insignificant amount of 4k movies - I would hit my 'data cap' and be unable to use the Internet at all for the rest of the month.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What are you referring to here?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That I have a data cap of 100GB and after that I am at 56kbps speeds? Because we treat the internet as a luxury instead of a utility.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    WTF, Internet providers once tried to impose data caps on home internet here in Germany, but they dropped that real fast.

    And 100GB isnt even a lot of data, its more like a top tier phone plan, not even close to enough for a home.

    I will soon get gigabit fiber for 40€ per month, so yeah.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Data cap? What in the third world

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Hey now, that’s unfair to 3rd world countries. I live in a 3rd world country and we don’t have data caps lol. Only place I’ve heard of them is in the US and Australia (notably not 3rd world countries).

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