On: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

[gniv]

I’m surprised people preferred watching the plane movie over whatever they had saved on Netflix on their phone.

[irrational → gniv]

Or read whatever books they have saved on their phones (which is what I would do since I don’t have any kind of videos saved).

[account42 → gniv]

Same, except without Netflix. I'm constantly surprised people use these streaming services.

[throwaway290 → gniv]

Who ever watches Netflix on the phone?

[ahtihn → throwaway290]

A surprising amount of (generally young) people on public transport.

[red-iron-pine → ahtihn]

that wasn't save brah, thats just crushing mobile data

[viraptor → throwaway290]

People who want to watch something on the plane where you have no/limited choice of quality movies and/or the screen is way too bright and warm. It's the best you've got, not the best in general.

[throwaway290 → viraptor]

Usually planes have a decent catalogue (remember this was a bugged entertainment system on one flight) and if we are talking about watching on a phone quality doesn't matter (if anything plane screen is bigger).

[account42 → throwaway290]

> Usually planes have a decent catalogue

That has not been my experience unless you like a random selection of the latest big-budget movies mixed with weird artsy films.

> and if we are talking about watching on a phone quality doesn't matter (if anything plane screen is bigger).

Physically bigger (compared to a phone) but almost guaranteed to be lower resolution, have worse colors and contrast and the touch controls are barely working. You can also bring a tablet or laptop if you prefer a larger screen.

[viraptor → throwaway290]

They sometimes do. Whether that's usually really depends on what flights you take.