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It amazes me, that Netflix is capable of such top of the line engineering things (really mindblowing stuff, one machine that streams nearly 1 Terabit pers secon

It amazes me, that Netflix is capable of such top of the line engineering things (really mindblowing stuff, one machine that streams nearly 1 Terabit pers second), but is for the love of god unable to stream HD Content to my iPhone (newest firmware, all up2date). Tried everything gigabit wifi, cellular, multiple ISPs ... It is better for me to pirate their content, play it with Plex and be happy. I pay for Netflix, but still have to download it, to see it an acceptable quality. Absurd. The support couldn‘t help. It doesn’t affect, because I have my Torrent/Plex Setup, but for 99.9% of people it is a subpar experience. I think the best years are over for Netflix. The hard awakening is here to make content that the users want and they are a movie/tv content company, not primarily a „tech company“.

staringback 4y ago
leetharris 4y ago
You live in a bubble. The vast majority of the world likely cannot even tell the difference between HD and 4K. Netflix continues to grow its content and retain subscribers.
- BonoboIO 4y ago
  Netflix is a media company as I said. Well 4K vs HD, you are right, but 480p on a Retina display right in front of me. Really obvious.
selfhoster69 4y ago
> unable to stream HD Content to my iPhone Yeah this has been the case since forever. It prioritizes instant playback vs forcing 1080p or similar. Can't speak for iPhone, but on iPad, I've moved to using the website which goes goes to 1080p immediately. > still have to download it, to see it an acceptable quality Downloaded content do contain a whole lot more compression than streaming at max phone supported quality, so just a tiny FYI.