Is there a plugin for Stremio that provides a kid's profile function? That's the only thing keeping me from canceling my Netflix subscription.
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I can't tell from the article what the AI side of this is? Are Netflix offering to make adverts for customslrs using AI? Are they just showing adverts in general from customers, including AI generated ones?
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I've read the article twice and still don't know π
the streaming leader announced that it has created interactive mid-roll ads and pause ads that incorporate generative AI.
Half of new Netflix subscribers opt for the $8 per month option rather than ad-free subscriptions, which start at $18 per month, the company says.
Damn, when did it get so expensive? Assuming that's USD. That's a decent amount more than Disney+, right?
Actually not much more I think disney + ad free tier is like $16 now. Though I don't think they- charge extra for 4k so there is that.
Oh I was comparing Disney+ Standard to Netflix Standard. Turns out there's also Netflix Basic which is a similar price to Disney+ Standard, but with many more restrictions.
I think Disney+ Standard and Netflix Standard seem to be comparable. In NZD Disney+ is $16.99 (approx $10USD)and Netflix is $25.99 (approx $15USD) per month. Disney+ gives annual discounts as well.
None of the plans in NZ seem to have ads (yet...).
Though I donβt think they- charge extra for 4k so there is that.
Out of the two plans I see, the Standard only includes up to 1080p and 4k requires Premium, $21.99NZD (approx $13USD).
Haha, the kicker is that it's pure greed. With their prices they don't need it and could improve it with what the community wants, but $$$, hey... been away for nearly 2 years now, thought of tipping my toes in again but with that they can f... right off.
Line must always go brrrrr.
Got rid of netflix when they started their ad tier. NEVER going back.
Either they have great technology, or they have great entertainment,β she said. βOur superpower has always been the fact that we have both.
Please. Your software is an image carousel and a video player.
Jellyfin does all that and more.
We're no longer in the days of competing with a USB stick and hoping the TV will play whatever format it's in, or using VLC and a laptop.
They don't even show you ratings for the stuff, because they want you to waste your time watching the junk tier shit they can still afford.
Eh to Netflix's credit, both their backend and frontend are much better than their competition. Much better ux, and streams much more consistently. We pick up a sub for a month here and there. But AI ads will make me never go back.
Lemmy is the king of the disingenuous argument, as though somehow admitting that yes, Netflix is the gold standard for pay-to-stream, it somehow dilutes the argument against AI ads.
...it somehow dilutes the argument against AI ads.
I didn't think it diluted the arguement. They were just disagreeing with the prior poster. At the end, they even state:
But AI ads will make me never go back.
Yeah, I was agreeing with the person I responded to, and my comment related to the person they were responding to. Obviously this format can leave that a little unclear. Basically, two comments up from mine was this disingenuous argument that Netflix is trash, and that's just wrong, but it's an argument I see used about any number of things here on Lemmy, and to me, it dilutes the argument, because you're clearly coming from this place of bias right out of the gate.
I just think it's okay to say a product itself provides a good service, but that they're fucking it all up by injecting shit into it, to the point that, regardless of how quality the product may be, the injected shit is so repugnant that I would abandon this quality product for it.
Didn't you know?
When a company or person does something shitty then all their other products/works are trash anyway and no one ever actually liked them.
Sorry, misunderstood.
It's a me problem, I think I tend to write how I speak, and I just expect everyone to get on board.
Well piracy is the only way then.
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Yo ho ho (and a bottle of rum)!
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Ahhhh, man moving away from corps just keeps on giving (or in this case, doesnβt enshitify while proprietary ones do).
What the fuck is up with that image of Wednesday?! It doesnβt look like Ortegaβs Wednesday to me. Is it ai generated?
It looks like her to me but idk
Yeah youβre right, it is her, it might be the camera angle or something or perhaps her bangs are slightly different than in the rest of the show. Something just felt off and I canβt put my finger on it.
Looks like she's got a bad toothache or a dislocated jaw.
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Rejecting Netflix fixes things for you and me, but the article says Netflix has 93 million ad-supported subscribers. I'm really worried about the amount of influence advertisers have on our society, and it's only getting worse. Even if you and I can be above the direct influence of these ads, many people are not, and those people are influencing you and me. This produces a dangerous secondary influence that can reach most of society, and just fills everyone's mind with lies, for hardly any cost.
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Is there a way to poison the well so badly and so irrevocably that corporations won't dare use generative AI for anything? Can we somehow trick these overgrown chatbots to speak ill of their masters in the form of direct-to-stream advertisements?
You would think itβs already there, tbh - whenever I see an AI generated ad, all I think is βwow, thatβs a business I will never patronize if even their ads are bottom-of-the-barrel slopβ
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