No, Netflix is on record as having the business model of "Give the customers exactly what Netflix wants". They've removed many, many titles that users were enjoying because Netflix felt that users would enjoy a different selection more. There's plenty of slashdot articles on this.
Exactly! I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
Both my Sony televisions, the one in the living room and the bedroom, are from around 2008, so no "smartness" built in. When they stop working and I have to get new TVs, if all that is available are "smart" ones, I'll buy those, but never connect them to the internet or use the smart app portion.
Does that better content library include older shows? I'd heard that Hulu's main advantage was in more current shows (most of which suck), and NF had as much or more older stuff.
Hulu is great for older shows. In my queue, I currently have shows like Green Acres, Family Affair, The Addams Family, The Incredible Hulk, Lou Grant, the original Battlestar Galactica, Space:1999, The Merv Griffin Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Car 54 Where Are You?, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, CSI:Miami, Dark Shadows, My Favorite Martian, The Lone Ranger, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mister Ed, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits... just to name a few.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits.
I don't. I tried to sign up with Yahoo a few weeks ago and got cockblocked by this. They required a mobile number.
I've been using Yahoo Plus Email (the paid version) for about 12 years. If they start REQUIRING me to use a mobile phone to access my account, I'll just have to cancel the account. Never owned a mobile phone, and not going to get one JUST to access an email account!
I got rid of cable (well, Dish Network) a few years ago. Wasn't worth the money I was paying for it. I find PLENTY to watch on the 19 channels I get for FREE with my outdoor antenna.
However, I DO remember the Dish Network receiver getting hot enough you could probably fry an egg on the darn thing!
I dropped cable (actually Dish Network) a few years ago. Was paying for 250 channels, and most nights, when I'd find something worth watching, it'd be on one of the local TV stations, NOT on the cable networks, which were filling up with insipid "reality shows". Cancelled service, put up a good quality outdoor antenna, and haven't missed cable at all. Getting 19 over-the-air channels, all the major broadcast networks. Find MORE than enough to watch.
Only have 6Mbps DSL though, and sharing it with my son, so haven't subscribed to any online streaming video services. Did the Netflix free trial, but dropped it before I was billed, because of excessive buffering.
On days nothing is on TV I want to watch, I fall back to my extensive DVD/Blu-ray collection.
Glad to finally see I'm not the ONLY person that has this issue with Gmail. Never get such emails in my Yahoo Plus account. A while back I was getting emails for some guy referring to issues with his Verizon Fios account. Currently, getting lots of emails for some guy that shares my first name from eBay, telling him he's not allowed to sell live animals... he's apparently trying to sell a parrot for $1000. I've NEVER had an eBay account myself. Never done any business with Verizon either.
Did osmosis and transmission into the brain by optical cable get perfected while I was offline in the last three weeks? Can you let us in on the secret...
Funny little thing happened while your were asleep Rip Van Winkle. Smartphones were found under a cabbage leaf and the world rejoiced.
Not everyone owns a smartphone. I've never owned ANY kind of cellphone. Mainly read Twitter at the webpage on my desktop. If you want to know WHY I don't own a cellphone, it's because I'd find it an unnecessary expense. Haven't found a need for one.
...IF Yahoo News Video would work in it. Tried nearly everything I've Googled, still no video on Yahoo News. Works fine in Firefox, seems Firefox has its head on straight.
Not really worried about this anyway. I own an HP printer, but only print something once in a blue moon (because of the rediculous price of cartridges). Would be happy if HP would make Vista drivers for my old reliable HP ScanJet 4100C scanner though...
Isn't Universal Music Group a part of the new NBC-Universal partnership, and didn't NBC recently reach some kind of promo deal with YouTube? If so, seems like one hand isn't paying any attention to what the other hand is doing...
And yet I read this morning on Yahoo News that Fox is renewing the dreck that is "King of the Hill" for an 11th season, and that "King of the Hill" has been a subject of frequent pre-emptions for Fox's NFL football coverage, the network has enough fresh episodes for the rest of this season.
WTF?? That was exactly the reason "Futurama" was cancelled in the first place, because Fox claimed it was getting low ratings. Of course it was getting low ratings, it was always pre-empted by football! Mike Judge must be blowing Rupert Murdock to keep that garbage on the air!
PBS is airing the exact same content that is on the DVD's, which have been out for a few months already. If you've watched the DVD's, you've seen these specials already.
Installed it yesterday. It didn't crash, but my "connection manager" would pop up continuously while web pages were loading, and I didn't like the fact I couldn't put the menu bar ABOVE the address bar. So, I uninstalled and went back to Opera. Hope the "final product" is better than the beta.
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No, Netflix is on record as having the business model of "Give the customers exactly what Netflix wants". They've removed many, many titles that users were enjoying because Netflix felt that users would enjoy a different selection more. There's plenty of slashdot articles on this.
Exactly! I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits. I'm mainly watching Hulu now, along with CBS All Access and Acorn TV.
Both my Sony televisions, the one in the living room and the bedroom, are from around 2008, so no "smartness" built in. When they stop working and I have to get new TVs, if all that is available are "smart" ones, I'll buy those, but never connect them to the internet or use the smart app portion.
Does that better content library include older shows? I'd heard that Hulu's main advantage was in more current shows (most of which suck), and NF had as much or more older stuff.
Hulu is great for older shows. In my queue, I currently have shows like Green Acres, Family Affair, The Addams Family, The Incredible Hulk, Lou Grant, the original Battlestar Galactica, Space:1999, The Merv Griffin Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Car 54 Where Are You?, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, CSI:Miami, Dark Shadows, My Favorite Martian, The Lone Ranger, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mister Ed, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits... just to name a few.
I dropped Netflix a few months ago, for a couple of reasons. One was that they weren't keeping a lot of the classic TV I like (don't care for most of the newer shows or their "Netflix Originals"). The other was I don't like how they started shrinking the closing credits into a small box on the Roku without an option to turn that "feature" off by default. Annoying to have to grab the remote at the end of a show or movie to enlarge the credits.
Hey Cortana, how can I block ads when I'm using Edge?
Once I can block ads, I'll give it a serious try. Until then, I'll stay with Firefox.
Still working fine in Trillian for me also.
I don't. I tried to sign up with Yahoo a few weeks ago and got cockblocked by this. They required a mobile number.
I've been using Yahoo Plus Email (the paid version) for about 12 years. If they start REQUIRING me to use a mobile phone to access my account, I'll just have to cancel the account. Never owned a mobile phone, and not going to get one JUST to access an email account!
We had early voting here in Looziana a couple of weeks ago. I went on the first day.
All I need a watch to do is tell me the time of day, and my $30 Timex does that job just fine!
I'm out of bourbon. Headin' out to the store, brb!
All I need a watch to do is to tell me what time it is, and my $30 Timex does that job just fine!
I got rid of cable (well, Dish Network) a few years ago. Wasn't worth the money I was paying for it. I find PLENTY to watch on the 19 channels I get for FREE with my outdoor antenna. However, I DO remember the Dish Network receiver getting hot enough you could probably fry an egg on the darn thing!
I dropped cable (actually Dish Network) a few years ago. Was paying for 250 channels, and most nights, when I'd find something worth watching, it'd be on one of the local TV stations, NOT on the cable networks, which were filling up with insipid "reality shows". Cancelled service, put up a good quality outdoor antenna, and haven't missed cable at all. Getting 19 over-the-air channels, all the major broadcast networks. Find MORE than enough to watch. Only have 6Mbps DSL though, and sharing it with my son, so haven't subscribed to any online streaming video services. Did the Netflix free trial, but dropped it before I was billed, because of excessive buffering. On days nothing is on TV I want to watch, I fall back to my extensive DVD/Blu-ray collection.
Glad to finally see I'm not the ONLY person that has this issue with Gmail. Never get such emails in my Yahoo Plus account. A while back I was getting emails for some guy referring to issues with his Verizon Fios account. Currently, getting lots of emails for some guy that shares my first name from eBay, telling him he's not allowed to sell live animals... he's apparently trying to sell a parrot for $1000. I've NEVER had an eBay account myself. Never done any business with Verizon either.
Who reads twitter with a web browser anymore?
Did osmosis and transmission into the brain by optical cable get perfected while I was offline in the last three weeks? Can you let us in on the secret...
Funny little thing happened while your were asleep Rip Van Winkle. Smartphones were found under a cabbage leaf and the world rejoiced.
Not everyone owns a smartphone. I've never owned ANY kind of cellphone. Mainly read Twitter at the webpage on my desktop. If you want to know WHY I don't own a cellphone, it's because I'd find it an unnecessary expense. Haven't found a need for one.
...IF Yahoo News Video would work in it. Tried nearly everything I've Googled, still no video on Yahoo News. Works fine in Firefox, seems Firefox has its head on straight.
Not really worried about this anyway. I own an HP printer, but only print something once in a blue moon (because of the rediculous price of cartridges). Would be happy if HP would make Vista drivers for my old reliable HP ScanJet 4100C scanner though...
Isn't Universal Music Group a part of the new NBC-Universal partnership, and didn't NBC recently reach some kind of promo deal with YouTube? If so, seems like one hand isn't paying any attention to what the other hand is doing...
And yet I read this morning on Yahoo News that Fox is renewing the dreck that is "King of the Hill" for an 11th season, and that "King of the Hill" has been a subject of frequent pre-emptions for Fox's NFL football coverage, the network has enough fresh episodes for the rest of this season.
WTF?? That was exactly the reason "Futurama" was cancelled in the first place, because Fox claimed it was getting low ratings. Of course it was getting low ratings, it was always pre-empted by football! Mike Judge must be blowing Rupert Murdock to keep that garbage on the air!
If the AT&T takeover of BellSouth goes through, do you suppose they will finally take my telephone off the top of the pole and put it inside my house?
Bit of a pain having to climb the pole everytime the phone rings...
Actually, it was at the 1998 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival tribute in Aspen, and it was first aired on HBO.
PBS is airing the exact same content that is on the DVD's, which have been out for a few months already. If you've watched the DVD's, you've seen these specials already.
Installed it yesterday. It didn't crash, but my "connection manager" would pop up continuously while web pages were loading, and I didn't like the fact I couldn't put the menu bar ABOVE the address bar. So, I uninstalled and went back to Opera. Hope the "final product" is better than the beta.