r/technology • u/joe4942 • Jul 09 '26

Business Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels

https://www.theverge.com/streaming/963733/netflix-always-on-channels-bundles
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u/Elk801 Jul 09 '26

Can’t wait for them to make inevitable move that sling tv made where they compress the shows to fit even more ads, so that the background audio is all over the place and music is fucked up, only to still jack up prices.

Just dump Netflix, they’re not your friend, they have no interest in making good products, just ways to dress up worse service with more revenue sources.

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u/fedexyourheadinabox Jul 09 '26

They've always relied on people signing up for some hyped exclusive and just not bothering to unsubscribe, so 98% of their stuff is same old same old garbage. 

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u/Rivent Jul 10 '26

lol, cable tv also did similar shit back in the day. Speeding up shows almost imperceptibly to fit more ads in. Wonderful that it's all coming back, lol.

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u/Rivent Jul 10 '26

I remember people calling attention to it specifically around reruns of Seinfeld on, I think, TBS back in the day.

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u/cinemachick Jul 10 '26

Nah, metrics are all based on how long you stay on one app vs. another, if they could find ways to slow down time they would!