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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads
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this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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In unrelated news, piracy increased 500% today
Netflix has a Windows application?
Death to america
I remember when netflix was only on windows because it needed Silverlight.
Speak not its accursed name 
I am glad a few people like you remember how shit it was. I just think its funny all the kids think that Netflix only turned cur on us now. Its like sweet summer child. They only did the stuff they did because it kept them relevant. Now that they have to actually compete we see how they really are. The account sharing era fooled people but I have a long memory for tech.
Ikr, shit was basically never good. Also I cannot BELIEVE people accepted them nixing account sharing, that was a huge bonus to the service before they killed it lol
The profit mode of capitalism aways shows its true colors when you are not the only shop in town. Notice how rumors about them removing account sharing started when major IP holders got done making their own platforms.
Disgrace and infamy to the damnable streaming services
and death to america
I cancelled Netflix the same day they blocked my partner's parents from watching it in Canada. We hardly ever used it and I only kept it because her parents are old and had a tv with a Netflix button.
My partner and I still watch netflix shows from time to time... we just don't pay for them anymore.
I loved to piss off Microsoft fanboys back in the day by referring to Silverlight as the "Netflix Support Library".
Hahahahaha, I love that one! Its funny how one extention to flash is remembered as utter dog water people had to deal with while you had something like when Macromedia Shockwave popped off. It literally kicked off a generation of hobbiest programmers making games. Now for my personal hot take. Sure there were bad things about flash but to me when it was killed we lost a lot of accessibility for normal people to break into programming.
EDIT: Sorry if this comment seems out there I just started some new meds that sort of fuck with my brain case a little. When my fog has lifted I might rewrite it.
No ur comment's fine don't worry
it was inevitable, capitalism ruins all in that never ending quest for exponential growth