✔️ 2022-11-03 22:18:12 – Paris/France.
There is only one week left for the launch, in Spain, of the long-awaited plan with Netflix advertising, which will become the cheapest option to access content on the platform. Well, actually a lot of the content, but not all of it, because due to rights issues, Netflix has to renegotiate with the owners of some of the content in its catalog (not with its own productions, of course) to that its distribution with advertising inserts is explicitly authorized.
Regarding the price of the plan, the truth is that there are opinions for all tastes, some believe that the price of 5,49 euros per month justifies both the advertising and its limits. But there are also many people who think its price should be much lower to be worth it. Thus, we will have to wait until the end of its deployment to begin to assess the reception it receives.
As we've been waiting for some time, we knew that advertising was not going to be the only "cons" of this plan, whose main advantage, if not the only one, is its lower price. Thus, let's remember that its characteristics are assimilated to the basic plan, that is, that of 7,99 euros per month, but with the following additional limitations:
- Some content (which does not belong to Netflix) will not be available due to licensing restrictions, although Netflix claims to be working on a solution.
- It will not be possible to download content for offline viewing.
- Maximum picture quality will be shared between the Netflix plan with advertising and the basic plan, HD (720p).
However, with its arrival in the first regions where it is already available, users found an unexpected surprise, and in some cases unpleasant, and that is that the ad-supported Netflix plan is not compatible with all devices. And, of course, when I say all the devices, I am referring to those in which it is possible to view their content together with the rest of the plans of the platform.
In response to the outcry caused by this limitation, Netflix released a support page which, with the name "Netflix displays the message: “Basic plan with ads is not supported.“, shows a list of device types, which breaks down how we should act in each of them in the face of this incident.
In the majority of cases, recommendations are limited to rebooting the device and if that doesn't work, update your operating system. However, we are surprised when we see the limitations that affect a good part of them. These are the following:
- Android devices: The plan is only compatible with devices Android 7 or later.
- apple devices: The plan is only compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 15 or later.
- Windows app: the plan it is not compatible.
- chrome cast iron: The plan is only compatible with the models of Chromecast with Google TVNot with previous models.
- Apple TV: the plan it is not compatible with Apple TV.
- Play Station: The plan is compatible with PlayStation 4 and 5, but not with playstation 3.
I don't know about you, I'm still finishing this assimilation. I understand that getting updated apps on older operating systems can be between very complicated and impossible, so I understand the limitations in the case of Android and PlayStation 3. The rest, however, is on my mind. seems much more complicated to understand and justify. Above all, although there are quite a few bloody ones, do They didn't even bother to arrive on time with their own Windows app!
It is not difficult to imagine that one of the potential customers of the Netflix plan with advertising, that is, the cheapest option of the platform, are precisely the users with a more modest economic profile, c ie those for whom having to acquire a new, more complicated device. Isn't that a bit absurd? Hopefully, in the coming weeks, Netflix will be able to expand the reach of its ad-supported plan, but of course, for its debut, it stumbled. But anyway, let's be good, and think it's better than a much more polished start, but between the end of next year and the year after, as the company had planned a few years ago barely months.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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