I didn’t see through to the end because Rossman was making the same point over and over and over and over. But what he didn’t talk about is that Netflix specifically does not provide the highest tier of quality to PCs. That’s to prevent piracy of super high quality streams. The blockage is very much intentional and not without cause. Similarly, Netflix often does not play well with a whole host of Android streaming devices over which they have no control of the stream for exactly the same reason.
I agree with him otherwise, I just wish he’d have gone into those reasons. Your super fast gaming rig being ‘not compatible’ has nothing to do with its impressive hardware specs.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It clearly says it’s on the paid tier only?
Not that I care much one way or the other. I’m still frustrated with HBO Max selling me “ad free” and then putting a skippable ad at the start of every video. It’s not ad free if there’s a “skippable” ad!
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I use the Brave browser, so the ads don’t work thankfully, but yes, pirate all the things regardless.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah ad blockers are great for that. I know from experience Peacock with ads will all be blocked if you have an ad blocker. But that only works on my computer not my Roku.
SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Is there a reason to emphasize “skippable” here?
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Because the app seems to think “ad free” can include ads as long as they carry a “skip” button. Which are still ads.