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.
I seem to recall getting burned back in the day on an ebay purchase of a bootleg chinese version of cowboy bebop, where the subs were pretty crap.
Now I live in Japan and there’s a lot of media I want to share with friends but when they don’t have the English ability to watch it I need to get the subs somehow.