• 20cello@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Riding the same wave the best phone companies will propose a revolutionary new smartphone with the handset and the dial

    • Carighan Maconar@piefed.world
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      Have we considered that inputting phone numbers could work better with a reduced set of motions? We could have all numbers arranged on a circle and all you have to do is rotate a dial and let go.

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      23 days ago

      I still think there was no good reason to remove the home button, id rather have one that is remappable instead of extra screen space. Yeah it breaks, but if anything thats a pro for apple with more ppl replacing their phones earlier.

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    This has a funny secondary effect in that in some countries they would definitely need to get a broadcasting license then, when so far they got around it, being a video-on-demand service falling under the same laws as rental places for VHS tapes and such.

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      Getting a broadcasting license isn’t all that difficult if you are just an entertainment channel. Big German twitch streamers had that problem and while its not cheap, a license costs pretty much nothing compared to all the licensing costs Netflix has.

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    Wow, there are some real geniuses there, or did they possibly pay one of those consulting companies?

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    flagging engagement numbers

    Have they considered putting literally any description about shows up? I don’t want to have to scroll through a list looking for something interesting and go to a second website to actually see what it is, and nor do I just want to watch ten minutes of stuff different shows too decide because then I’ve already wasted an hour.

    That was a major reason we cancelled. Now we have Disney plus (I think someone else pays for that and shares with us - I don’t watch anything on it on my own initiative so it’s not my realm) and BBC, and the seven seas. Two legal services seems like a sensible amount.

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        I think it’s all part of the same mindset: they want all conclusions to be drawn from watching the show. So they make shit shows that they shouldn’t have started making (or rather: shit by their metrics, not viewers’) and then can them when the experiment says doesn’t meet their requirements.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    how about solve your revolutionary problem that is causing your decline, stop cancelling shows after 1-2 seasons/. besides that the extreme hiatus between seasons of shows, which also plagues other streaming.

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      Our family’s policy is that we don’t follow a show until it’s completely over, and we know it’s a complete show.

      Netflix hates that, but it their own fault, for being so irresponsible with their programming. We wouldn’t go to a movie that we know quits in the middle of the second act.

  • Edges@lemmy.zip
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    Ok but I’ve wanted this forever

    Everyone knows the joke about spending an hour looking for something to watch, this could be great for discovery

    Now if these services would just let us shuffle episodes…

    (I know I know jellyfin/ whatever would be better but I’m broke and $10 a month for a shared account is easier than buying the server equipment right now)