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First the streaming vendors compete for users, then, as the market is getting saturated (no more users left for subscriptions), they start competing for ads. An

First the streaming vendors compete for users, then, as the market is getting saturated (no more users left for subscriptions), they start competing for ads. And then users start cancelling, because of too many or irrelevant ads. It's a vicious cycle, the never-ending story of how the ads industry poisons other markets.

hulitu 5y ago
There are users. The issue is the service. In DE there are almost no politically incorrect movies on Netflix. The quality of video is bad ( with HD and good internet connection), STNG not available STDS9 available in MPEG1 quality ( though MPEG 1 is sharper) and the sound is just terrible. Why pay for something like this ? And now ads ? So they want more money but the only evolution of the service is from crap to crappier ?
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  The quality issue you describe is often because there's simply no higher quality available. Even on DVDs you'll find similar quality video. Availability issues are often because companies have paid big bucks for long term distribution rights within a geographical area. In this specific instance it could also be Paramount screwing you over like Disney did when they launched their own competitor. Years ago, my Netflix subscription drastically reduced the amount of shows I pirated. As the streaming industry started to develop and more and more studios pull their content or try to get people to pay for their own special Netflix, I'm finding myself using Sonarr more and more. Like Steam and Spotify, Netflix solved the accessibility and availability problem. Now the media industry is trying its hardest to undo that and make steaming unnecessarily burdensome again. Their short term profits are ruining their business model once again and when this system eventually collapses, the media companies will complain about piracy once again.
  - kuschku 5y ago
    > The quality issue you describe is often because there's simply no higher quality available Netflix in Germany sends audio in 64 or 96kbps for stereo and 192kbps for 5.1 Video quality is just as bad.
- kelnos 5y ago
  DS9 was never remastered to HD like TNG was. The quality of DS9 you're getting is the best quality that exists. Also this has nothing to do with codec; Netflix doesn't send anything using MPEG1, as it's an old, inefficient codec.
- no_time 5y ago
  >In DE there are almost no politically incorrect movies on Netflix. Are there any in other regions? Can you give some examples?
- hnlmorg 5y ago
  DS9 is only available in SD. It was never remastered into HD like TOS and TNG were (if I recall correctly TNG ended up losing money and that had far less VFX that needed re-rendering than DS9 does). Netflix almost certainly wouldn't be serving any video in MPEG1 (not even SD content) because it's poorly optimized for internet connections. If the original sources are MPEG1 then they'll have re-encoded them into into another format. Also the issue with some shows not being available in some regions is a licensing problem. You need to take that complaint with the studios rather than Netflix. They would much prefer to do away with the problem of localized licensing deals.

hulitu 5y ago

There are users. The issue is the service. In DE there are almost no politically incorrect movies on Netflix. The quality of video is bad ( with HD and good internet connection), STNG not available STDS9 available in MPEG1 quality ( though MPEG 1 is sharper) and the sound is just terrible. Why pay for something like this ? And now ads ? So they want more money but the only evolution of the service is from crap to crappier ?

jeroenhd 5y ago
The quality issue you describe is often because there's simply no higher quality available. Even on DVDs you'll find similar quality video. Availability issues are often because companies have paid big bucks for long term distribution rights within a geographical area. In this specific instance it could also be Paramount screwing you over like Disney did when they launched their own competitor. Years ago, my Netflix subscription drastically reduced the amount of shows I pirated. As the streaming industry started to develop and more and more studios pull their content or try to get people to pay for their own special Netflix, I'm finding myself using Sonarr more and more. Like Steam and Spotify, Netflix solved the accessibility and availability problem. Now the media industry is trying its hardest to undo that and make steaming unnecessarily burdensome again. Their short term profits are ruining their business model once again and when this system eventually collapses, the media companies will complain about piracy once again.
- kuschku 5y ago
  > The quality issue you describe is often because there's simply no higher quality available Netflix in Germany sends audio in 64 or 96kbps for stereo and 192kbps for 5.1 Video quality is just as bad.
kelnos 5y ago
DS9 was never remastered to HD like TNG was. The quality of DS9 you're getting is the best quality that exists. Also this has nothing to do with codec; Netflix doesn't send anything using MPEG1, as it's an old, inefficient codec.
no_time 5y ago
>In DE there are almost no politically incorrect movies on Netflix. Are there any in other regions? Can you give some examples?
hnlmorg 5y ago
DS9 is only available in SD. It was never remastered into HD like TOS and TNG were (if I recall correctly TNG ended up losing money and that had far less VFX that needed re-rendering than DS9 does). Netflix almost certainly wouldn't be serving any video in MPEG1 (not even SD content) because it's poorly optimized for internet connections. If the original sources are MPEG1 then they'll have re-encoded them into into another format. Also the issue with some shows not being available in some regions is a licensing problem. You need to take that complaint with the studios rather than Netflix. They would much prefer to do away with the problem of localized licensing deals.