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Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

You must be a time traveler because Windows phones don't exist. This is about normal Windows.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Surely it'll be supported on desktop Windows once Windows 10 is released?

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago

I presumed it meant existing ones, even if they are no longer making new ones. But yeah, I see you are right, it does seem about the desktop, or presumably meaning laptops that could go offline.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Windows phone died 8 years ago. None of it is supported or used.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago

I edited my original comment with an apology. It looks like the last release was January 2020.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Hmm? 2015 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone

Its looong dead.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

That refers to 8.1 Update 2 (8.10.15148.160), but down under Versions, it mentions an NT 10.0 with an EoL date of January 14, 2020 and the footnote says:

Originally scheduled on December 10, 2019, but delayed following one more security update due to the release of iOS 13.3. Supported until January 10, 2023 via the paid Extended Security Updates service.

And even then people could still hold onto their old phones (though I'm not sure if Windows allows bootloader unlocking and custom ROMs as readily as Android). I keep mine until the battery gives out, many years after purchase - even if only as a media device after removing the SIM, like to control casting to my TV. 8 years is actually normal for me.

Anyway, you are right I bet they were referring more to laptops with a desktop Windows OS.

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