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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by Karsteski on Sunday November 05, 2023 @05:48AM (#38149972)
Netflix refuses to serve me HDR/4K content unless I jump through a series of hoops and use the correct browser, OS and whatever else I'd have needed to do. Now I just refuse to pay for it, especially given how easy it is for me to just pirate quality content.

I have no problem paying Floatplane for LinusTechTips content, because they just provide the high quality content, where I can even just download the VODs easily. I'm tired of corporations fucking me at every angle when possible...

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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by true_religion on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:34PM (#38155881)
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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by Karsteski on Sunday November 05, 2023 @05:05PM (#38156113)
IIRC I needed to use Microsoft Edge, and some codec from the Windows Store. Then I HAD to use HDMI (all my monitors are display port). There was something else too probably

Point is, if I can't just use my Firefox browser on Linux to get high quality content for money that I will happily pay, I'll just go get it for free.

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