▲ 186 ▼ Netflix is starting to phase out its cheapest ad-free plan (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments You’ll have to pay more to go ad-free.
[+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) There is so much fucking nothing on Netflix. There was something called Car Crash: Who's Lying on the list the other day, and from the description and image, it genuinely looks like a police training video that accidentally made it's way onto a mainstream streaming service. Their documentaries are all utter dogshit as well, designed for people with an IQ of 80. The only things still going for it are Mike Flanagan's stuff, 15 seasons of Taskmaster and the odd horror movie that I otherwise wouldn't have heard of. As good as Jellyfin is, it doesn't really have much in the way of recommendations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's because netflix' strategy has been to use the vast amounts of analytics they have to design shows that are so incredibly specialized and focused on targeting unseen metrics that they are entirely devoid of substance. Even buying into their logic that one could do that, they essentially overfit the data. Find a trend? More trend more betterer more moneyer. Doesn't work very well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago 15 seasons of Taskmaster fwiw, their official channel has uploaded 17 series of TMUK on youtube to date. along with all the three CoCs as well as numerous new year special one-offs, 2 series of TMNZ with the 3rd being released weekly, 1 series of TMAU, and full series of some scandinavian taskmasters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Aside from the occasional hit show, the real product is the illusion of choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Another really frustrating thing for me is it's never obvious what language anything is in until you start watching it. Sometimes not until a few minutes in. Even if it's dubbed or has decent subtitles, some things just don't translate well to English (usually humor), so there's a lot of shows I'm interested in watching but I just don't "get" if that makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) There is so much fucking nothing on Netflix. There was something called Car Crash: Who's Lying on the list the other day, and from the description and image, it genuinely looks like a police training video that accidentally made it's way onto a mainstream streaming service. Their documentaries are all utter dogshit as well, designed for people with an IQ of 80. The only things still going for it are Mike Flanagan's stuff, 15 seasons of Taskmaster and the odd horror movie that I otherwise wouldn't have heard of. As good as Jellyfin is, it doesn't really have much in the way of recommendations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's because netflix' strategy has been to use the vast amounts of analytics they have to design shows that are so incredibly specialized and focused on targeting unseen metrics that they are entirely devoid of substance. Even buying into their logic that one could do that, they essentially overfit the data. Find a trend? More trend more betterer more moneyer. Doesn't work very well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago 15 seasons of Taskmaster fwiw, their official channel has uploaded 17 series of TMUK on youtube to date. along with all the three CoCs as well as numerous new year special one-offs, 2 series of TMNZ with the 3rd being released weekly, 1 series of TMAU, and full series of some scandinavian taskmasters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's because netflix' strategy has been to use the vast amounts of analytics they have to design shows that are so incredibly specialized and focused on targeting unseen metrics that they are entirely devoid of substance. Even buying into their logic that one could do that, they essentially overfit the data. Find a trend? More trend more betterer more moneyer. Doesn't work very well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago 15 seasons of Taskmaster fwiw, their official channel has uploaded 17 series of TMUK on youtube to date. along with all the three CoCs as well as numerous new year special one-offs, 2 series of TMNZ with the 3rd being released weekly, 1 series of TMAU, and full series of some scandinavian taskmasters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Aside from the occasional hit show, the real product is the illusion of choice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Another really frustrating thing for me is it's never obvious what language anything is in until you start watching it. Sometimes not until a few minutes in. Even if it's dubbed or has decent subtitles, some things just don't translate well to English (usually humor), so there's a lot of shows I'm interested in watching but I just don't "get" if that makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent