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

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.

  • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    230·
    7 months ago

    wdym even a shitty 50mbps connection is enough to watch stuff at 1080p
    heck, even 3g/4g with it’s unusable 10-15mbps is still good enough yo stream video at a decent quality

    • MoonlitCringeEnglish
      33·
      7 months ago

      What a world it would be if everyone had minimum 50mbps internet. “Good” rural internet is 1mbps for a lot of peeps, and a whole lot more people have a whole lot lower speeds.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      7 months ago

      shitty 50mbps

      …I feel like anyone who grew up with 56k gets legal right to strangle you for these personal attacks against our childhood.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        26·
        7 months ago

        but it’s not 90s anymore. it’s hard to even find a slower connection than 100-300mbps nowadays.
        even in a remote village with nothing but fields in kilometers i got an offer with 100mbps as minimum speed

    • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      shitty 50mbps

      shitty would be less than 10mbps, perhaps you are from places where the internet isn’t comically expensive.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        12·
        7 months ago

        10mbps is not even an option anymore tho for most isps.
        50 is the lowest that’s still exists, with most isps offering 100 or 300 as the cheapest option