Netflix: Open Content

(opencontent.netflix.com)

122 points | by tosh 2 hours ago

8 comments

  • jcattle 47 minutes 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 1 hour ago
    The last addition was made in 2020.
  • HelloUsername 1 hour ago
  • _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.
    • afandian 1 hour ago
      It is very odd. I don’t see a good reason, not even tracking.
  • cooper_ganglia 1 hour ago
    Cool! I'm looking forward to going through some of these, looks very interesting!
  • FunnyLookinHat 53 minutes 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 18 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.
    • robingchan 6 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
    • mrtksn 41 minutes ago
      The page look like zero effort given anyway, like one of the free templates you can find.
  • Adesany 1 hour ago
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  • danielktdoranie 1 hour ago
    …and you must have an account to watch it and accounts cost money. So essentially this is content Netflix gets for free and then charges others to view.
    • FartyMcFarter 1 hour ago
      They have downloadable files that you don't need an account for.