Netflix: Open Content

(opencontent.netflix.com)

161 points | by tosh 2 hours ago

10 comments

  • jcattle 1 hour ago
    I was curious about this recently. I was wondering about open files of well known artists.

    Unlike netflix/YouTube its not immediately clear to me which Organisation would spearhead something like this out of their own interesting. Closest I know of is the MuseGroup, which are doing this "growing of the pie" with open source music creation Software.

    Anyone know of something else?

  • carschno 2 hours ago
    The last addition was made in 2020.
  • _flux 1 hour ago
    Funny how how all the links, including the ones to their own pages, are routed through google.com/url, e.g. the link "Assets Available to Download". Usually tracking isn't quite this visible.
    • reddalo 7 minutes ago
      It's because their blog is hosted on blogger.com (yeah, weird decision), which is owned by Google and does that by default.
    • afandian 1 hour ago
      It is very odd. I don’t see a good reason, not even tracking.
      • jmathai 22 minutes ago
        Aren't those just the URLs in google search results if you copy from the results page instead of clicking through to the destination?
  • HelloUsername 2 hours ago
  • andrewstuart 17 minutes ago
    There’s basically zero innovation in online video.

    Such a pity startups can’t innovate on the content stores of the big companies.

    • philipallstar 5 minutes ago
      > There’s basically zero innovation in online video.

      AV2 is coming out this year.

      > Such a pity startups can’t innovate on the content stores of the big companies.

      What do you mean?

  • cooper_ganglia 1 hour ago
    Cool! I'm looking forward to going through some of these, looks very interesting!
  • FunnyLookinHat 1 hour ago
    Anyone else surprised that the download links are plain HTTP without SSL? I know it's a page that in the past I would have typically not worried about securing - but nowadays it's SSL everything or else your browser yells at you.
    • ronbenton 50 minutes ago
      Yeah, this is bad. The page almost seems like someone’s pet project that didn’t have any explicit funding and they got bored or left Netflix in 2020. I’m not sure how that would explain the lack of SSL cert except for just general lack of thoroughness.
      • reddalo 6 minutes ago
        > The page almost seems like someone’s pet project that didn’t have any explicit funding

        It probably is, given that it's just a static page hosted on blogger.com

    • uyzstvqs 32 minutes ago
      I'm surprised they didn't use BitTorrent, with these HTTP links as web seeds. That'd make the most sense.
      • alex_duf 1 minute ago
        Politically it would be an interesting choice for Netflix to encourage people to use their BitTorrent clients..

        But technically, you're right.

    • mrtksn 1 hour ago
      The page look like zero effort given anyway, like one of the free templates you can find.
    • robingchan 39 minutes ago
      this is hosted on s3 which doesn't support HTTPS, that said - if they used cloudfront in front of this bucket, they could save $$$ and have a SSL
  • danielktdoranie 2 hours ago
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    • FartyMcFarter 2 hours ago
      They have downloadable files that you don't need an account for.
  • Adesany 2 hours ago
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  • niceboy2 18 minutes ago
    I love it just because squid game.