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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 277 points 6 months ago (42 children)

Y’all just need to cancel your Netflix, they are too expensive for far too little

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago (11 children)

If I could figure out an easy way for my partner to download content to my Plex library, I'd dump Netflix and Hulu in a heartbeat. I'm picturing an app where they can search for any show or movie, hit download, and it will grab it from my private tracker and toss it on my server. AFAIK something like this just doesn't exist.

[–] eguidarelli@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I’ll second Ombi. It has a slick interface to search for any movie/tv show and when the user presses a download button the backend interfaces with other apps to download the media and provide it to Plex. Having your partner interface directly with Radarr or Sonarr just isn’t as user friendly

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