Netflix allows people to watch films and series without a subscription

#5823905

Ripcord

2020-09-01 09:47

Isn't that called BitTorrent lol

#5823910

Valken

2020-09-01 09:55

Ripcord:

Isn't that called BitTorrent lol

+1 Just a comment, not advocating anything... 😀

#5823920

KotS

2020-09-01 10:43

WebOs ?

#5823924

Loobyluggs

2020-09-01 10:48

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

#5823929

theoneofgod

2020-09-01 11:02

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

Well the free trial was also paid by your subscription fee... This should be of a lesser concern as there's not much choice.

#5823950

rl66

2020-09-01 11:54

Ripcord:

Isn't that called BitTorrent lol

Nope on bitorrent you can have better quality too 😉 just a point it doesn't work on iOS with Safari... the end of the sentence is important.

#5823954

rl66

2020-09-01 12:04

theoneofgod:

Well the free trial was also paid by your subscription fee... This should be of a lesser concern as there's not much choice.

Free trial is everything on a short period, now it is few but anytime... if you have taken a suscription and that all the movie you like are free at one moment, i would be pissed too to have subscribed. Anyway i don't like what's on netflix and all the compression, censorship, error of doubling, and the trash they left after doing a scene near my place (one year to fix everything that they don't pay and that we have to pay with local taxes and the movie were crap)... So i won't ever subscribe, but i understand Loobyluggs at 100%

#5823958

emperorsfist

2020-09-01 12:17

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

Oh you poor thing.

#5823962

KissSh0t

2020-09-01 12:20

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

It's basically fishing, the first episode is the bait.

#5823963

Loobyluggs

2020-09-01 12:21

theoneofgod:

Well the free trial was also paid by your subscription fee... This should be of a lesser concern as there's not much choice.

Oh, don't even get me started on the free trial dude. Not in the mood for all these freeloaders clogging up the internet.

#5823971

fantaskarsef

2020-09-01 12:32

theoneofgod:

Well the free trial was also paid by your subscription fee... This should be of a lesser concern as there's not much choice.

Generally I agree with you but... here they just upped the subscription fee again, and cut on free content. How could they explain this besides greed and milking customers because they already know subbers are the idiots here. And they already smell dropping customer numbers, I believe. In reality, they stopped offering free months because other services don't do it either and still got sub growth. What netflix doesn't realise is, they have other IPs and stuff to view that netflix (argueably) doesn't have to pull people into a "blind" subscription.

#5823993

Fediuld

2020-09-01 13:11

Ripcord:

Isn't that called BitTorrent lol

yaaaarrrrrrrrrr

#5824008

alanm

2020-09-01 14:11

Its not free! Its a pure money making tactic. And very smart. They want to hook you into the series. By watching 1st episode and if you like it, chances are high you want to see what happens next. Therefore you subscribe.

#5824028

WalterDasTrevas

2020-09-01 15:05

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

Your money is not paying for free content, because the money is no longer yours when it turns into business profit. And NETFLIX is right, it is a way to present quality content to users who have not yet felt the need to hire the service.

#5824030

schmidtbag

2020-09-01 15:07

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

You could be subscribed for a lifetime and you still wouldn't have pitched in enough money to film just 1 episode of your favorite show, so what exactly do you think your money is giving away for free? I suppose you don't like it when they hand out free samples of products at the mall, or get free beer when you do a tour of a brewery, or get fee swag at a convention? The whole idea is to get people to really pay attention to the product, so they might become paying customers. You have to spend money to make money. This is critical for Netflix right now, particularly due to Disney+.

#5824041

Ricepudding

2020-09-01 15:31

K.S.:

Sorry guys but I read this and cracked up; I mean... *shrugs* it is... a way to attract more subscribers I would imagine in the end no? I don't understand the concept of what you are not saying lol...

I wanna say troll? But I think they are being serious... They not realise places like netflix have massive server buildings to handle all sorts of load, and a few trail or test customers won't affect them.. Then again maybe I am reading too much into this and should just ignore the person trolling 😀

#5824042

Ricepudding

2020-09-01 15:33

schmidtbag:

You have to spend money to make money. This is critical for Netflix right now, particularly due to Disney+.

I don't think netflix is that worried about Disney. I mean disney aren't even playing the game seriously enough, they own Fox and have yet to put really any of those films on there 😏 It is just a new method to get people to join, having only first episodes means you can't do what people did with free trials and make new accounts to watch full seasons. It will basically stop them, it's quite smart but might ignore the people trying to get off the free stuff

#5824054

Cyberdyne

2020-09-01 15:57

The reasoning for anything free from a company is to get more customers. @Loobyluggs your subscription doesn't pay for the free content, the people who become subscribers because of the free content do.

#5824068

Maulet

2020-09-01 16:31

But with medical prescription, it should be between diazepan or Netfick.

#5824081

NCC1701D

2020-09-01 16:59

Loobyluggs:

I do not like the idea that my subscription money is being used to give people free content - not happy at all.

You sound like a country club golf member who has to deal with an open to the public event for 1 day of the year. How dare they step foot on my greens, those freeloading peasants!