most Investors know, and as neither of those terms are even remotely relevant with Netflix's current subscriber base size these numbers do come as quite a shock to them.
Likely their crackdown on VPNs and foreign subscribers has also contributed somewhat to the churn.
If they'd let paying customers, you know, be paying customers then maybe they'd be in a better position now.
Probably not their decision. Netflix would love not to have any regional restrictions. Content owners and governments have other ideas.
They always make the claim they are against regional restrictions and exclusivity, but it seems all talk, they actually participate in the exact same licensing an exclusivity distribution deals with there own content. Basically they seem against regional restrictions only when it is not in their best profit interests. I say that as someone that likes Netflix and is a subscriber (though will disconnect as soon as my particular VPN provider stops working).
because the RT devices are sold like ipads, as jailed devices with only vetted software running. If you want a non locked device then get one from another manufacturer or the pro version.
Learn something about security you fucking moron before commenting. It is a security vulnerability, not everything has to be remotely exploitable to present a very real risk. One of the most common practises is combining a remotely exploitable vulnerability with something like this which would give them complete control of the system and ability to replace whatever they want on it.
Not every user wants to put Linux on it. I would actually be rather pissed if they left security vulnerabilities just so the minority can put Linux on it. Yes I know the Surface RT devices are pretty shitty, but they have long battery life and are perfect for watching videos and playing music, so adequate for what I use em for and no need to replace yet.
For me, 720p is "good enough", while 1080p is a tiny bit better, though rarely worth the extra file size. I only make a fuss about 1080p if it's the very best porn.
And anything above 1080 is just a waste of time.
Porn I find is nearly always better in lower resolution, you really DON'T want a clear picture of some of those women as many are held together with Clag glue and 50 layers of paint.
exactly, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. In this case the enemy is the intrusive privacy invasion our governments wish to impose on us. I have nothing interesting for them to monitor, I am not a criminal, not a terrorist, I don't browse kiddie porn and I really am not concerned with pirating shit. But I completely and totally object to them monitoring me to verify this, if they want to do that then get a court order with a valid reason and I will happy give them access to verify they are wrong, until then they can fuck off and I will happily let places like Russia monitor me as they won't share with my government and at least I can feel that they are doing it with my permission.
"Civil disobedience is usually defined as pertaining to a citizen's relation to the state and its laws, as distinguished from a constitutional impasse in which two public agencies, especially two equally sovereign branches of government, conflict. For instance, if the head of government of a country were to refuse to enforce a decision of that country's highest court, it would not be civil disobedience, since the head of government would be acting in her or his capacity as public official rather than private citizen"
When you are a COMPANY yes. A company doesn't have a right to civil disobedience. A company may challenge the law in courts it cannot and SHOULD NOT choose which laws to follow.
Russia is one of the countries I regularly choose to send my traffic through. Good internet infrastructure and bandwidth with fast connectivity to much of europe. Absolutely ZERO legal agreements between countries like US, UK etc so far less chance of them sharing your browsing habids with others and those that they would share it with would not give a shit about me.
must say for a change I actually whole hearted agree with Torvalds, the style of commenting he is complaining about is a horrible method, much prefer the C++ mode myself.
Not my problem. Theirs. Legislation isn't supposed to prop up a business model. Find one that works with the legislation or GTFO and let someone else try his hand at it.
no it is very much your problem. No profit = no upgrade.
As to their claims of it not being commercially viable with current net neutrality I can't comment on as I don't have a clue. BUT this doesn't necessarily mean it must be good for consumers, telco's are businesses, they have to believe the business is commercially viable before they will offer a service. What they are claiming here is the net neutrality rules prevent it from being commercially viable. No commercial viability, no service, I would argue that is not good for consumers.
This seems to be a case of Facebook going one step too far (and they deserve to be hunted down for it), however current laws mean for the most part their fair share is SFA or Zero. tax laws need to change, lower corporate laws with harsher and stricter rules for moving assets offshore would help to fix this. It is far better to get 10% of billions than 30% of nothing.
Tell that to the other people you worked with who now bare a grudge against you for being a prick to them. If they walk you out the door then great, no one can say you screwed them over. I don't get this moronic mentality that says you must screw everyone over simply because you can. I have seen first hand people get badly burnt from this approach. Instead of thinking of it as screwing the employer you need to think of it as screwing and limiting your own future prospects which in effect is what you are doing.
Zero reason for politeness or loyalty? wait till one of the employee's or boss you just fucked over with the no notice is working in a position of influence for your next boss or you suddenly need a reference. You also have no clue what connections some of these people have with other companies, Your work history and behaviour can come back and bite you on the arse in a huge way all because you didn't feel the need to be polite. If they haven't fucked you over why would you do it to them.
I agree BUT, burning your bridges is never a smart idea if it is not necessary, you never know when the work colleague, boss etc are going to sometime in future have a say over your future prospects somewhere else, they move around employers too and you don't want them having to make a decision about you with that tainted memory in mind.
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most Investors know, and as neither of those terms are even remotely relevant with Netflix's current subscriber base size these numbers do come as quite a shock to them.
Likely their crackdown on VPNs and foreign subscribers has also contributed somewhat to the churn.
If they'd let paying customers, you know, be paying customers then maybe they'd be in a better position now.
Probably not their decision. Netflix would love not to have any regional restrictions. Content owners and governments have other ideas.
They always make the claim they are against regional restrictions and exclusivity, but it seems all talk, they actually participate in the exact same licensing an exclusivity distribution deals with there own content. Basically they seem against regional restrictions only when it is not in their best profit interests. I say that as someone that likes Netflix and is a subscriber (though will disconnect as soon as my particular VPN provider stops working).
because the RT devices are sold like ipads, as jailed devices with only vetted software running. If you want a non locked device then get one from another manufacturer or the pro version.
Learn something about security you fucking moron before commenting. It is a security vulnerability, not everything has to be remotely exploitable to present a very real risk. One of the most common practises is combining a remotely exploitable vulnerability with something like this which would give them complete control of the system and ability to replace whatever they want on it.
Not every user wants to put Linux on it. I would actually be rather pissed if they left security vulnerabilities just so the minority can put Linux on it. Yes I know the Surface RT devices are pretty shitty, but they have long battery life and are perfect for watching videos and playing music, so adequate for what I use em for and no need to replace yet.
I have systematically elimintated them all over the years.
[citation needed] I think is appropriate here as there have been a lot of stories in the press over the past few weeks saying the exact opposite.
They actually aren't incompatible. Vive seems to be working to make sure Rift games work on Vive (much to the annoyance of Facebook)
It baffles me how they find audiences bored enough to watch the reality TV shit they have already let alone make more.
For me, 720p is "good enough", while 1080p is a tiny bit better, though rarely worth the extra file size. I only make a fuss about 1080p if it's the very best porn.
And anything above 1080 is just a waste of time.
Porn I find is nearly always better in lower resolution, you really DON'T want a clear picture of some of those women as many are held together with Clag glue and 50 layers of paint.
Just finished my update, NEtflix still there and working fine for me.
exactly, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. In this case the enemy is the intrusive privacy invasion our governments wish to impose on us. I have nothing interesting for them to monitor, I am not a criminal, not a terrorist, I don't browse kiddie porn and I really am not concerned with pirating shit. But I completely and totally object to them monitoring me to verify this, if they want to do that then get a court order with a valid reason and I will happy give them access to verify they are wrong, until then they can fuck off and I will happily let places like Russia monitor me as they won't share with my government and at least I can feel that they are doing it with my permission.
various definitions, but they all revolve around the right of an individual or group of individuals or a citizen.
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"Civil disobedience is usually defined as pertaining to a citizen's relation to the state and its laws, as distinguished from a constitutional impasse in which two public agencies, especially two equally sovereign branches of government, conflict. For instance, if the head of government of a country were to refuse to enforce a decision of that country's highest court, it would not be civil disobedience, since the head of government would be acting in her or his capacity as public official rather than private citizen"
Obey every law without question.
When you are a COMPANY yes. A company doesn't have a right to civil disobedience. A company may challenge the law in courts it cannot and SHOULD NOT choose which laws to follow.
Russia is one of the countries I regularly choose to send my traffic through. Good internet infrastructure and bandwidth with fast connectivity to much of europe. Absolutely ZERO legal agreements between countries like US, UK etc so far less chance of them sharing your browsing habids with others and those that they would share it with would not give a shit about me.
you mean the same demands that US/UK/AU governments etc are making? They aren't the first to push for this, nor will they be the last.
Back in the real world people don't try rewriting extremely complex things like kernels everytime they want to do a fix or add some functionality.
must say for a change I actually whole hearted agree with Torvalds, the style of commenting he is complaining about is a horrible method, much prefer the C++ mode myself.
yep, which is exactly what the providers are saying, not enough benefit when they can offer so little due to the net neutrality laws.
Not my problem. Theirs. Legislation isn't supposed to prop up a business model. Find one that works with the legislation or GTFO and let someone else try his hand at it.
no it is very much your problem. No profit = no upgrade.
As to their claims of it not being commercially viable with current net neutrality I can't comment on as I don't have a clue. BUT this doesn't necessarily mean it must be good for consumers, telco's are businesses, they have to believe the business is commercially viable before they will offer a service. What they are claiming here is the net neutrality rules prevent it from being commercially viable. No commercial viability, no service, I would argue that is not good for consumers.
This seems to be a case of Facebook going one step too far (and they deserve to be hunted down for it), however current laws mean for the most part their fair share is SFA or Zero. tax laws need to change, lower corporate laws with harsher and stricter rules for moving assets offshore would help to fix this. It is far better to get 10% of billions than 30% of nothing.
Tell that to the other people you worked with who now bare a grudge against you for being a prick to them. If they walk you out the door then great, no one can say you screwed them over. I don't get this moronic mentality that says you must screw everyone over simply because you can. I have seen first hand people get badly burnt from this approach. Instead of thinking of it as screwing the employer you need to think of it as screwing and limiting your own future prospects which in effect is what you are doing.
Zero reason for politeness or loyalty? wait till one of the employee's or boss you just fucked over with the no notice is working in a position of influence for your next boss or you suddenly need a reference. You also have no clue what connections some of these people have with other companies, Your work history and behaviour can come back and bite you on the arse in a huge way all because you didn't feel the need to be polite. If they haven't fucked you over why would you do it to them.
I agree BUT, burning your bridges is never a smart idea if it is not necessary, you never know when the work colleague, boss etc are going to sometime in future have a say over your future prospects somewhere else, they move around employers too and you don't want them having to make a decision about you with that tainted memory in mind.