TIL Netflix ad tier blocks some shows and movies unless you upgrade your plan
TIL Netflix ad tier blocks some shows and movies unless you upgrade your plan
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It really was nice while streaming lasted. Shame these companies continually allow greed to drive me back into the arms of piracy.
The open, loving arms of the 7 seas.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ piracy is better anyway, I want full bitrate digital copies not compressed garbage.
Such a shame high bitrate full quality movies/TV shows will semi fade away as these asshole companies only stream their movies at 7 gigs an hour and never release physical media.
40GB Pirates of the Caribbean just hits differently. The black pearl coming out of an actual mist and not layers of gray that slowly recede because of compression is very awesome. FullHD with proper bitrate is enough for my 2m projector image, too.
100% It boggles my mind that very apparent compression artifacts don't bother the average consumer.
I guess if you don't know what it is, you can't realize it is a flaw.
This is one reason why I still buy blu-rays and 4k blu-rays. I'm not a fan of downloading torrents that large, but I can get Criterion Collection blu-rays regularly on sale for $15-$20.
And for newer movies, like the Dune films, I was able to get 4k blu-rays for like $15
If you stream torrented films from your computer to your TV you can get a much nicer bitrate
I remember when an older netflix ceo talked about never having ads on the platform, there was some high and mighty principle about it... But then money!
Never stopped pirating, feeling vindicated rn 💪🏴☠️