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Netflix 1080p is a new browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox (a fork). It should work in other browsers that support Chrome's extensions system.
The extension enables support for 1080p on Netflix in the browsers. Netflix customers can use Chrome or Firefox, on any supported operating system, to watch streams in 1080p using those browsers.
This overrides Netflix's -- seemingly artifical -- streaming quality limitation. The extension is especially useful for Linux users as it unlocks 1080p video streams on Netflix on Linux machines since that is not supported officially by Netflix.
Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/02/12/watch-netflix-in-1080p-on-linux-and-unsupported-browsers/
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Freeman on Tuesday February 13 2018, @05:14PM (6 children)
I really don't get all of the hate that Netflix is getting. Now, I can definitely see why you would be hating on them, if you were in the Video Rental business. Netflix just about single-handedly destroyed all of the video rental shops. Mostly due to the horrendous fees that Video shops would charge.
I still occasionally add a DVD or Blu-Ray / DVD combo set to my collection, but Netflix has become my go to. I don't usually watch a video over and over again. Swapping DVDs out through the mail with Netflix is really nice. It takes a few days to get a new one in the mail, but it's pretty quick. Also, the streaming is nice. No Commercials / Advertisements and they've added a Skip Intro feature at least for most / all of the series I've been watching. Very few shows have interesting enough intros to watch more than the one time it's shown. Especially, when you're watching a bunch of shows in a row.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday February 13 2018, @06:50PM (2 children)
As a user of Netflux, Amazon Prime, Hulu and one more thing I keep forgetting, my opinion is that Netflix doesn't have a lot of good content and they hide it by giving bad rating to shows that compete with their own. That is simply unethical. I don't know why other people hate it, but that's my reason.
I still pay for it though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:09PM
I agree. The Netflix originals are not interesting to me, and the ones I've tried to watch I haven't liked. The content I used to love Netflix for - for foreign movies, classics, seasons of good tv shows - are either disappearing or already consumed.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday February 14 2018, @04:28PM
I'm pretty sure Netflix doesn't rate their own videos. That's the users who are giving those ratings. Posting their own stuff on the front page is entirely reasonable. There are plenty of options to sort through and find what you want to watch. Though admittedly as the Anonymous Coward replied to you, there's only so much that's worth watching. There's a huge catalog of DVD rentals though, much better selection than you could have dreamed for when Blockbuster was around.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Tuesday February 13 2018, @11:17PM (2 children)
Personally, I don't hate Netflix. Mostly because I don't use their services. Anything they have, that I might be interested in consuming, I can get from other sources without having someone spy on my viewing habits.
But I can certainly understand why folks might be unhappy with Netflix, given that they publicly mock their users [soylentnews.org]. If that's what they do publicly, one has to wonder what other, even nastier, stuff they do privately.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday February 14 2018, @04:22PM (1 child)
I highly doubt that Netflix's "spying on your viewing habits" is any different than any other streaming platform. The only way to keep others from "spying on your viewing habits" is to take it totally offline. Even then, you have Microsoft with their Telemetry data to contend with as well. Going down the rabbit hole far enough, you should be using cash only when you purchase that DVD. Preferably from a flea market, where they don't have video cameras on every aisle.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 14 2018, @05:31PM
Why would *anyone* want to use any of them?
I'm not being snarky. I actually don't get it. Let's see. You "purchase" some content to consume. Once that content has been consumed, it's not yours to do with as you like (watch once restrictions and other DRM), maybe give it to a friend, make a backup copy, etc., etc., etc.
It seems like a really crappy deal to me, and certainly not worth wasting my money on it.
Bingo! You win a prize!
That presupposes that you use Microsoft products and/or don't know how to block that network traffic.
Who says I *purchase* anything? What's more, whether it's a store, a flea market or other retailer (even an online one), they have no idea whether I watch that content every day, give it to someone as a gag gift or use it for target practice. And even if an online retailer attempts to spam me based on my purchases, I use unique email addresses for everyone. If I don't like what they're sending me, that particular email address suddenly isn't a valid email address any more.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr