Fri. 10/14 – Meta Lied About Legs?

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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We now know how much Netflix with Ads will cost; we think we know how many ads they have to show us to make up for the lost revenue. What is unclear is if people will watch that many ads. It looks like Zuck lied to us about having legs in the Metaverse. Something something, eventually every company becomes a bank. I’m talking about the Apple savings account. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: See NordPass Business in action now with a 3-month free trial here nordpass.com/techmeme with code TECHMEME Links: Netflix’s ad tier will cost $6.99 a month and launch in November (The Verge) Meta Avatar Legs Demo ‘Created By Motion Capture’, Not Live VR (UploadVR) Facebook's Legs Video Was A Lie (Kotaku) Apple Card to Offer Savings Account for Daily Cash (MacRumors) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: WhatsApp is now a spammers’ paradise in India (Rest of World) The GIF Is on Its Deathbed (The Atlantic) Can Kickstarter’s new CEO help the company get its mojo back? (Fast Company) The computer errors from outer space (BBC Future) How the Glengarry Glen Ross “Coffee Is for Closers” Scene Got Made (Vanity Fair) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Name Ride Home for Friday, October 14th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.6	Today we now know how much Netflix with ads will cost us. We think we know how many ads they have
0:15.2	to show us to make up for the lost revenue. What is unclear is if people will actually watch
0:19.9	that many ads. It looks like Zuck lied to us about having legs in the metaverse,
0:24.6	something, eventually every company becomes a bank, I'm talking about the Apple
0:29.2	savings account, and of course the weekend long rate suggestions. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:39.0	We now know how much the Netflix with ad service will cost.
0:43.0	Netflix says, Basic with ads, which is what they're calling this tier,
0:47.7	will cost $6.99 per month in the US
0:51.2	and debut on November 3rd in 12 countries, offering most titles
0:56.0	available from the traditional service, though not all, at up to 720 P resolution.
1:02.4	Also it's going to not to 720 P resolution.
1:03.0	Also, it's going to not let you download anything as we've discussed.
1:07.0	Quoting the verge.
1:09.0	This is all coming November 3rd in the US Australia Brazil Canada France Germany
1:13.9	Italy Japan Korea Mexico Spain and the UK in exchange for making you watch an average of
1:19.5	four to five minutes of ads per hour basic with ads will give subscribers access to a large
1:25.2	swath of Netflix's programming. Not the platform's full catalog though. A small
1:30.2	selection of television shows and movies will not be available to basic with
1:33.3	ads subscribers due to licensing restrictions that Netflix says it's currently working on.
1:38.6	Each of Netflix's ads will run anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds and will be placed before and during programs.
1:45.0	Additionally, Basic With Ads subscribers will not be able to download content onto their devices
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