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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 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago (2 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 0 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

[–] variants@possumpat.io 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I setup overseerr to auto add users added to my plex server and auto approve anything they request or add to their watch list, they just need to login once to my overseerr for their plex account to be linked after that as long as they have the online media thing enabled that is enabled by default they can just search for anything through plex and add it to their watch list and overseerr will auto add it to the arrs and begin the search and download. I have to get in there from time to time to manually do shows that are low quality or in a different language some times but other than that it's all automated, you can even setup another tool that auto deletes things after a certain time so you can manage your storage easier

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago

Very slow reply, but do you have a guide for setting this up?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"What killed streaming?" - article from 2026

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"millennials are killing the streaming industry"

The next season of Bridgerton is cancelled because you selfish millennials wouldn't drink your verification cans

[–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

A quick reminder : you don't need to watch Netflix.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

honestly every single headline about how shitty streaming is getting, wantonly, willfully, feels like a hit of crack. nothing better than owning your own library.

[–] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I just hope this does not affect WEB-DLs 🥲