jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When I tuned in to Netflix today, I had to agree to the new terms. The terms go on for 72 screens, so I had them email them to me. I'll go over the terms tonight and see if there is anything I don't like.

Of course, I won't read the terms! Who does? And why? Are you going to drop Netflix and every other online service because you find out that they spy on you and sell your information? That's why the Web exists - to discover all they can about us and sell that information to other companies.

There's a guy on YouTube who shows you how to make your own private search engine so you won't have Google and others spying and selling.

I just found it. I didn't watch the whole thing because it's too complicated, and the guy talks too fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifT6npY39Dw&t=911s&ab_channel=NetworkChuck

More -
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=diy+search+engine

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Just use Duck, duck, quack.....

BUT, your ISP can still save what you browse.....

I use Private Browsing Windows in Firefox a lot!
No cookies are stored.
I also use Blur to get rid of ads.

twowindsbear

Talks toooo fast???? Slow down the playback speed on yt.

BurghByrd Loc: Pittsburgh

I suspect it's becuase Netflix is loosing money (and subscribers) so it's reportedly chaning it's business model to include advertising for basic sevice and advertising free for premium service. I haven't seen it on my account yet but have read about it in the news (real news non fake internet news).

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

According to people on YouTube, privacy is an illusion. There is no such thing as a private search engine or browser. The big companies have a certain relationship, so you are not private. Even when they call it "Private," that gives you extremely limited privacy. You're using the Internet, after all. It's a false sense of security.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It gets worse. They are considering offering different rates for a certain amount of advertising. In other words, you will pay to watch ads. And, as one YouTuber said, when you're losing subscribers, raising the price is not going to encourage people to sign on.

I was looking through Netflix last night, but anything I would have watched would have been something I settled for. I did watch a few episodes of "The IT Crowd," but I have that on DVD. I will watch the current season of "Stranger Things," though. For $17 a month, I could probably do better. Some months I don't watch Netflix at all.

BurghByrd Loc: Pittsburgh

I've become more aware of how much money I'm spending to watch 40 year old movies Netflix and reality TV shows on FIOS service. Netflix with advertising might as well be TV with antenna. It's time to start looking for the alternatives again.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yesterday, I watched an episode of "Hart to Hart" on Roku TV (free). Remember that? Late 1979 - 1985, plus TV movies. There are commercials, but not as many as with regular TV. It was funny seeing the old fashions, cars, and actors.

twowindsbear

Speaking of the various ROKU devices & services & such. ROKU has a channel "Retro Tech" that I find to be fascinating. Imagine the fairly recent series, "How It's Made" set from about 1930 to the mid to late 1980s. All sorts of 'techy stuff,' military machines, computer systems over the ages, the telephone industry, and most of all the space program! - to list only a few. Best of all, it's a freebee!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks for that I remember "How it's Made." There was a similar English series with an odd, catchy tune.

TonyBot

Re: Reading the "Terms of Service"

I had a connectivity issue with my printer interface when updating to a new M1 Mac Mini. I called Canon service and talked with a very knowledgeable CS Tech and got the issue fixed pretty quickly - and in the process, on two occasions, I had to "Agree" to, well, whatever I agreed to.

I was joking with the CS and asked "does anyone ever object or disagree ..."? Surprisingly, he said yes, some do. -- One was a person claiming to be a lawyer, that want "line 3 of paragraph 14" (or some such) deleted and a line in another paragraph's wording changed.
- Another said he wouldn't agree. Period. And the customer got very upset with him because the CS couldn't override the "I Agree" question and install the software anyways. Customer ended angrily up hanging up, and the CS doesn't know if he ever called back.
- And another insist he wanted to read the terms, and would "call back" once he had.

Jerry - was this last guy *you*??

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nope! I prefer not using the phone.

On the TV screen, I was given the option of having the terms emailed to me. I doubt that I'll ever read them, though.