Plus, if the internet goes down for whatever reason? External HDD > Laptop > HDMI > TV. Boom. Offline Netflix.
It’s also nice for traveling and staying in hotels. Most hotel TVs have at least one accessible HDMI port, and that’s all you need.
Even when I subbed to netflix, I still downloaded what I enjoyed.
I like having an offline copy of my media.
Why would they go after their own families?
Didn’t everyone want to defederate entirely from Threads? That would have kept out more people than calling them “normies” would, I imagine.
I personally don’t care either way though; on one hand, I like Lemmy as it is now so don’t care if there’s a huge influx of Threads users… but on the other hand, while with more users you’re definitely going to get more garbage, it also brings in a few more diamonds.
I come from IRC and message boards during the dial up days, so I’m adaptable.
lemmy.ml4lyfe.