Netflix here we go again.

chaparral · 25 May 2023 at 09:56

jonneymendoza said:
Apple TV is releasing some really good stuff at the moment

Last time i looked appleTV was really crap as there was only a couple of movies on there
Have they added a load more movies now ??? :confused:

Raymond Lin · 25 May 2023 at 09:58

Apple TV is getting better, slowly.

You can probably sign up for a month and watch it all honestly and then don't need to go back in for 6 months. What they have mostly are quite serious and heavier stuff, whereas Netflix has a lot of fluff.

I just watched the documentary Still - Michael J Fox doc and it's really well done.

smokedog · 25 May 2023 at 09:58

chaparral said:
Last time i looked appleTV was really crap as there was only a couple of movies on there

Have they added a load more movies now ???

Nope same, it's pretty bare.

jonneymendoza · 25 May 2023 at 10:12

chaparral said:
Last time i looked appleTV was really crap as there was only a couple of movies on there
Have they added a load more movies now ???

For TV shows they have added some real gems

The new Martin scorsase movie killer of the flower moon is coming on apple TV

SixTwoSix · 25 May 2023 at 10:22

I'm on a 5 month free sub from Barclaycard for Apple TV at the mo and not something i'd likely maintain as it needs to grow a lot - there are some real gems spotted around though.

Richard - London · 25 May 2023 at 10:29

Apple TV is worth it just to watch For All Mankind.

jonneymendoza · 25 May 2023 at 10:52

Richard - London said:
Apple TV is worth it just to watch For All Mankind.

And Ted lasso. And good morning America. And foundations. Etc etc

Puzzled · 25 May 2023 at 14:09

jonneymendoza said:
And Ted lasso. And good morning America. And foundations. Etc etc

They have some good stuff but not enough of it to justify a paid sub. The free trials that pop up every now and then are usually long enough to catch up on what has been added

MissChief · 25 May 2023 at 14:14

jonneymendoza said:
And Ted lasso. And good morning America. And foundations. Etc etc

New series of Foundation coming later this year.

SixTwoSix · 25 May 2023 at 14:17

Severance and Slow Horses also worth a watch.

DanF · 25 May 2023 at 18:52

GaryTheSnail said:
I can see people starting to cancel their accounts once it's fully implemented.

yeah just cancelled after getting the email. I've only stayed subbed really as parents and brother have been using it as well. Most the my favourite series has basically been killed in one way or another over the last few years

going forward think I'll just stay subbed to a single streaming service at a time and rotate them, just catch up on what's good every few months

Deleted member 77746 · 25 May 2023 at 18:58

DanF said:
yeah just cancelled after getting the email. I've only stayed subbed really as parents and brother have been using it as well. Most the my favourite series has basically been killed in one way or another over the last few years

going forward think I'll just stay subbed to a single streaming service at a time and rotate them, just catch up on what's good every few months

If you shop around you get trials all the time.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 May 2023 at 19:06

I’ve had trials for 2 years on and off. Usually up to 3 months at a time.

FoxEye · 25 May 2023 at 20:20

AndyCr15 said:
Out of curiosity, how did you decide it was all garbage? I hope not just flicking through things in the app?

Googling a list of best shows on Netflix, even if more than two thirds are not my thing, I could easily list 20 that I've watched and thought were really good. There are probably another 20 shows that I've not seen but are often talked about as being good.

Flicking through categorised things in the app. My fetish is Sci-Fi. I watched a couple shows that were... I guess OK, but then really struggled as the more I watched the worse it got.

It's not just my opinion, tho. There's been a lot of criticism that they're basically going for the quantity over quality approach, and, having lost just about every 3rd party catalogue, have to rely on churning out as much in-house as possible. And quality control is basically dead

Efour · 25 May 2023 at 20:40

Yeah i share an account with a friend but we both decided to cancel when they enforce it here.
I'll use it till it stops.

We pay for so many streaming services it's a joke I think I'll be jack sparrow come next year.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 May 2023 at 20:45

This is the problem, if you subscribe to multiple services you just throwing money away. It’s no different to getting the top end sky or virgin packages in reality.

Salty22 · 26 May 2023 at 06:31

I share our Netflix with my sister in law and she shares two accounts from her Spotify family pass.
Really do not wanna pay this extra £4.99 to Netflix but not really anyway for me to get out of it without losing free Spotify lol.
I dont even watch netflix, its all crap.

Deleted member 77746 · 26 May 2023 at 06:53

Salty22 said:
I dont even watch netflix, its all crap.

I have a solution for you then.

Begbie · 26 May 2023 at 06:53

Salty22 said:
I share our Netflix with my sister in law and she shares two accounts from her Spotify family pass.
Really do not wanna pay this extra £4.99 to Netflix but not really anyway for me to get out of it without losing free Spotify lol.
I dont even watch netflix, its all crap.

I share mine with the whole family, stopped using it ages ago but don't want to cancel because I can't be arsed being that guy who removes everyone's Netflix access. So I actually hope I get banned.

TriedandTested · 26 May 2023 at 07:25

Cancelled after 10+ years of subscribing. It's just full of rubbish and stopped even bothering to try and find something worth watching. So much filler. I find better things to watch on Prime and even the Freevee service.

Got an email about the account sharing and setting the home address this week too....about a week or so before the sub runs out.