Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads

ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 966 points –
Thanks a bunch, Netflix – its Windows app is about to lose downloads
techradar.com

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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That’s hilarious, I used to have trouble finding the stuff I wanted in subbed English, could only find dubbed that was changed in significant ways usually.

Yes I was an anime nerd in the late 90’s and 2000’s

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