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.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    6 months ago

    The people on your man o’ war
    Are treated worse than scum
    I’m no flogging captain
    And by God I’ve sailed with some
    Come with me to Barbary
    We’ll ply there up and down
    Not quite exactly
    In the service of the Crown

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