Thread: Netflix

Originally Posted by britanicus

It's all downloadable mostly so why pay 400 a month?

A fart says what?

Originally Posted by britanicus

It's all downloadable mostly so why pay 400 a month?

So you'll stop going to the movie theater on Old Codger Tuesdays and yelling about "darkies!" to the screen then?

Originally Posted by DrB0b

The streaming services are cheap so I don't think most people would have a problem subscribing to Prime and Netflix at the same time, Cable/Satellite services are expensive. Sky in the UK costs about £180 per month for the full package although they do have a really cheap OTT thing called Sky Now which hardly anyone seems to know about. Also Sky has recently become part of the snappily-named Sky-Comcast-Universal-NBC group and they'll be launching a streaming service using the Universal/NBC/Sky archives which will compete with and be in the same price range as Amazon and Netflix, that'll be in a few months - once the rights issues have been sorted out.

Just found the article, couldn't remember the title (three red wines in will do that ):

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertain...ectid=12216698

Originally Posted by britanicus

It's all downloadable mostly so why pay 400 a month?

FFS! You can't afford B400 a month?

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Quite a few people already get done for stealing content but tend to be on the more large-scale end of things, selling full systems to hotels and pubs. I'm on an internal group of media providers and we get a list every few months from the UK Federation against Copyright Theft of people who've been caught and convicted, it's usually for stealing Virgin, Sky, or BT, it's usually pub landlords, and the average fine is £30,000.

I had to take a look at their website to see what they are up to nowadays and I see they have added a lot to their portfolio and have became "Copyrights R'Us".
In the 90's they were mainly hunting pirate sat decoders and pirate viewing cards but they were not very good at it which forced the content providers to have their own anti-pirate groups which usually was more successful.
Pubs has always been a target for FACT but are really low hanging easily picked fruit..

Originally Posted by DrB0b

FFS! You can't afford B400 a month?

I had Prime for the free shipping, it paid for itself.

I didn't even realise it worked here in the sandpit (well, some of it) until last year.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I had Prime for the free shipping, it paid for itself.

I didn't even realise it worked here in the sandpit (well, some of it) until last year.

It's not free. Not only do you pay for prime itself but prime products are priced higher to cover the "free" delivery costs. Prime is worth it for the video service, possibly for the music, but the delivery is a rip-off. May be better value in different localities but not worth it for delivery alone in Europe and US.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Netflix works great for the wife and I....400B/month with tons of shite to watch.

One of our favorites was the "Moving to the Continent" series about Brits wanting to move away from Britland to someplace nice.

TizShe really likes watching "Moving to the Continent" as well.

I don't watch a lot of Netflix during the Australian Rugby League season, but once it's over I'll watch a few series.
I started watching old Sopranos before the new season kickoff. If my team continues playing like they did today I'll be back to watching Tony and Friends again soon I think....

Originally Posted by DrB0b

FFS! You can't afford B400 a month?

Its not about affording it. It's about being in a Country where there is no chance of someone coming after you for using The Pirate Bay.......unlike the UK

When in Rome....

Originally Posted by britanicus

It's all downloadable mostly so why pay 400 a month?

I download torrents rather than watch Netflix. I have Netflix for the kids as I gave 1,000 Baht a month True Vision the boot.

...^how do those services make money if their inventory is free?...bit coin mining?...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...^how do those services make money if their inventory is free?...bit coin mining?...

Their product is stolen (the 365 company is banned in the UK because of this) and they blast users with ads. They infect users devices with malware which is used for everything from denial of service attacks to hosting child porn networks. These "streaming" services are usually run by organised crime groups. They also post ads on forums while pretending to be users offering advice!

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Its not about affording it. It's about being in a Country where there is no chance of someone coming after you for using The Pirate Bay.......unlike the UK

When in Rome....

Ah, opportunistic theft, gotcha. I need to make sure I never leave my wallet within your reach

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I need to make sure I never leave my wallet within your reach

I'd only watch it for an hour or so then chuck it away

Not bad, Dill. 9 out of 10

Originally Posted by DrB0b

It's not free. Not only do you pay for prime itself but prime products are priced higher to cover the "free" delivery costs.

This has been alleged but not proven.

Netflix and Prime both put their prices up recently. At least Netflix had a cheaper option, but prime didn’t.

Just Netflix for me now.

I no longer have time to download pirate stuff and a VPN gives access to most stuff free anyway.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

It's not free. Not only do you pay for prime itself but prime products are priced higher to cover the "free" delivery costs. Prime is worth it for the video service, possibly for the music, but the delivery is a rip-off. May be better value in different localities but not worth it for delivery alone in Europe and US.

Not sure where you got that from so I checked, with my account and an account (non-Prime) I just set up for someone for their Firestick.

No difference in price for the same items, e.g. Netgear 6700 AC1750 is $89.99 on both.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Their product is stolen (the 365 company is banned in the UK because of this)

Erm.....

Throwing their fucking money away advertising Bet365 everywhere then, eh?

Sir David Attenborough's Netflix Debut.

Will Gompertz reviews Sir David Attenborough’s Our Planet, on Netflix


https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47793459

Originally Posted by britanicus

It's all downloadable mostly so why pay 400 a month?

It's nice just to browse and watch on demand rather than searching to download specific things.

Originally Posted by armstrong

It's nice just to browse and watch on demand rather than searching to download specific things.

Although the way Netflix tries to do their AI stuff is utter shite, imho... A nice and easy to navigate search system would be a big improvement.

Originally Posted by armstrong

It's nice just to browse and watch on demand rather than searching to download specific things.

The biggest advantage I can see is that you can decide something's not worth the effort with less effort.

Nobody worries about the time spent downloading something they enjoy watching.

But that American comedy series featuring the bloke with the irritating teeth...