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[–] echo64 13 points 1 year ago

It's pretty obvious that netflix is moving towards being subscription + ads. They can't get infinite growth from subscriptions alone, and advertisers don't want the people who will spend the most money, excluded from advertising.

I know we all know how to pirate and we joke about that, but many people don't, or don't know how to do it safely and get threatening letters in the mail so this will probably work.