Netflix is my last bastion of legit media. I was only using Netflix for a number of years and reduced the amount of new media I downloaded to nothing.

I never bought into all the additional services that popped up after it, like Apple and Disney, and just reverted to downloading for the stuff that wasn't available anymore.

I still pay for Netflix though. I pay for myself and my Mum as an additional account. I also pay for a friend from another country so I effectively have 2.5x subs to premium Netflix.

If they add ads, then I'm done with all the bullshit and will just download 100%.

That's completely unnecessary. You can refund your purchase directly.

Chargebacks should only be used if the merchant refuses to make it right.

even if you dont pirate, youtube with adblock gives you more than enough videos on a specifi show/movie, without having to actually watch it.

I might be back to pirating soon if it gets bad enough that I can get my wife on board.

People are willing to pay for a good service. If paying becomes a worse experience than getting whatever you want for free, there's no helping them.

how do u do it safely

If you still have that phone you could try to extract the APK using some app

Refund!

but isnt this kind deal is from like shitty mobile game? i remember when i play really shitty idle game, it have this deal XD

I had premium as part of a family plan with like 6-7 friends from 2017-2022 while I was basically ignorant of the enshitification, then when I got a secondhand pc I stopped paying since I had adblock. Had a few years of bliss and then the pc bricked up so I went back to premium for about six months and during that brief period it just got worse and worse so rapidly that I jumped ship. Very glad I did now. I pay for a nebula subscription which is nice to have for throwing up on the tv while I do stuff but it doesnt have a ton of content

I have the premium lite or whatever. If a video is coded as a “music video”, they still have commercials.

Total bullshit. First, why is that a distinction? I should get commercial free regardless of the type of video.

Second, they consider a lot of normal videos to be “music videos”. Basically if there is a substantial amount of music, it’s a “music video”. This includes visualizations with generic music in the background.

Third, I’ve still gotten some ads on mobile for some reason. It’s crazy to me.

I mean they’re counting on parents to capitulate to the demands of their children for this not to be a financial mistake on their end.

Tell your kids to pay for it.

Probably a one time purchase typically between 5$ to 10$

Same, I stop watching anything with a commercial outside of Golf. Which is background viewing anyway, simultaneously inundated with commercials, the irony isnt lost here, but I like golf and it's the only time I can handle it.

Ive also started reading novels again, just mentally preparing for the inevitable break away from all streaming/reinvented cable bundling bullshit. Video games aren't far behind either which is my true last bastion