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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Took me a minute to figure out why these 2 updates would be bundled together. Must be cause if you downloaded something you'd be able to bypass their ads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Must be cause if you downloaded something you’d be able to bypass their ads

They could also download the ads. People on an ad-supported subscription tier would probably expect that those are there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The ad design could link to the products and out of Netflix. So they wouldn't get clicks

Idk I didn't have expertise in this space