Thanks a bunch, Netflix – its Windows app is about to lose downloads
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But ad-supported plans will now be catered for

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15542273

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away.

Netflix must realize that it’s a huge frustration for people who relied on offline downloads to watch content without internet access: on planes, trains, and campsites, and anywhere else where Wi-Fi is unavailable or unreliable.

There’s a small chance that Netflix will change its mind if it gets enough complaints, but the streaming service seems determined to add as many money-making features as possible, while taking away genuinely useful ones.

    • CoolYori [she/her]English
      11•7 months ago

      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.