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Re:Netflix is removing offline downloads from its Windows app by nomel on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:37AM (#40488249)
It has the advantage over torrent that you don’t have to hide yourself behind a VPNs to keep from getting sued for illegal doings.
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Re:Netflix is removing offline downloads from its Windows app by Ekaros on Monday May 27, 2024 @04:17AM (#40488780)
On other hand you needed VPN to get interesting content... So quite a wash, I don't know where they are now with geoblocking.
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Re:Netflix is removing offline downloads from its Windows app by XorNot on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:45AM (#40488294)
The point is that if an ad hoc distributed network of unfunded peers can do it, the barrier to entry is not that high for any well funded major enterprise which wants a slice of the pie.

Basically I'd be curious to know if they felt internally that they'd transition to a service provider or something if they had to.

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Re:Netflix is removing offline downloads from its Windows app by nomel on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:57AM (#40488363)
The plethora of streaming services suggest you’re correct in the barrier not being that high.
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Re:Netflix is removing offline downloads from its Windows app by mitthrowaway2 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @06:31PM (#40517843)
That's not a technology moat, that's a copyright moat.
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