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Netflix already doesn't have that big of a library, and it's been steadily shrinking. But if it comes down to it, i'm willing to pay for $10/mo to netflix pure

Netflix already doesn't have that big of a library, and it's been steadily shrinking. But if it comes down to it, i'm willing to pay for $10/mo to netflix purely for their original content. I'd also pay for HBO Now if they would let me (I'm in canada). I don't think there's any other company putting out enough quality first-party content that i'd be willing to pay a monthly fee for their service. maybe a couple bucks here and there for a one-off movie rental, but if i have to think about money before i watch something - even a completely insignificant amount - i'm probably going to find other options. And as you say, there's always piracy to fill the gaps in any streaming catalogue.

true_religion 9y ago
In 2004, my cable budget was $160/mo in a bundle. Now it is $100/mo for a half-gigabit internet connection. I'd have to sign up for 6 different services in order to add up to my previous budget. So far... its' not come to that point, but if it does I'll be happy to cut out some services. After all do I really need Netflix? I don't watch if for months at a time, and only keep it out of laziness. I'll happily cut it and swap in Disney for that time period of budget constraints become an issue.
- busterarm 9y ago
  > After all do I really need Netflix? I don't watch if for months at a time, and only keep it out of laziness. I put my elderly mother on my netflix account with her own profile and she couldn't be happier. I saved her a bunch of money that she'd otherwise be spending on cable and as a bonus she's not watching 24hr news that's making her afraid all day. For something that I occasionally will use but she always uses, $10/mo is _cheap_. Now if I could only nudge her towards some of the Korean soap operas that they have now...
  - JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
    I'm reading your comment in Buster Bluth's voice and it is great.
    - busterarm 9y ago
      Lol, I guess I'm glad you find it amusing? In all honesty though, it keeps her from calling me constantly every day. Netflix is great for my sanity.
      - JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
        Is your username not a reference to his arm?
        busterarm 9y ago
        It is not.
        mbesto 9y ago
        I just read that in a Ron Howard voice.
        busterarm 9y ago
        I just read that in a Morgan Freeman voice.
  - Baeocystin 9y ago
    Heh. My elderly father watches 100x more Netflix than I do. It makes him happy, particularly for the price. I'm glad he enjoys it, even if I also wish I could nudge him towards a wider variety of shows.
  - cm2012 9y ago
    Korean soaps are great for old people! My mom (Caucasian middle american) also now likes running man.
  - cm2012 9y ago
    Korean soaps are great for old people! My mom (Caucasian middle american) also now likes running man.
- kuschku 9y ago
  In 2017, I paid for 100/40 VDSL 30€/month and for all TV channels I could ever need 5€/month (Satellite dish and HD+ decoder card). I'm currently paying 2€/month for Amazon Prime for Students, and I'm not willing to pay more than 10€/month overall for access to streaming platforms (as long as I'm a student, after that maybe 20-30€ overall). That simple. In my family we have Amazon Prime and Netflix, if stuff isn't on there it gets pirated, no discussion.
- notatoad 9y ago
  >I'd have to sign up for 6 different services in order to add up to my previous budget. that's a good point. but for comparison, in 2004 my cable budget was zero because i was in high school and living with my parents. In college we shared hard drives full of movies around the dorms, and ever since i've lived on my own my tv/movie budget has been some combination of netflix and piracy that added up to less than $10/month. The ship may have sailed on people being willing to spend $60-100 per month on TV.
eldavido 9y ago
More broadly, Netflix has had 3 distinct business models in its lifetime: disk rental, streaming other peoples' content, and now, streaming its own first-party content.
cickpass_broken 9y ago
http://www.cravetv.ca/ http://www.cravetv.ca/ has a bunch of HBO.
- ballenf 9y ago
  Never seen a pay/subscription site with an anti-adblocker. It wouldn't load until I let it connect to facebook, twitter, scorecardresearch and load a 1st party tracking script included in two tracker lists (Fanboy's and another). It was so tenacious it piqued my curiosity. Really hard to fathom the thinking behind that. At first I thought it must be a pirate site that depended on ad revenue, but nope it's $8 / month.
  - rypskar 9y ago
    MotorTrend on demand have the same, but is only a white overlay over the whole page. So it is enough to set the overlay to display none to get the site to work without allowing a bunch of tracking scripts
vlunkr 9y ago
Relative to every other steaming service they have a huge library, I'm not sure what you mean.
- notatoad 9y ago
  relative to their immediate competitors, yes they have a fairly big library. but in absolute terms, the chances that a random movie i want to watch is available on netflix is already pretty low. losing the disney catalogue isn't going to significantly change that. my favourite movie piracy website claims to have 32 times as many movies as US netflix does.
  - Houshalter 9y ago
    Movies no, but they do have a decent percentage of TV shows.

true_religion 9y ago

In 2004, my cable budget was $160/mo in a bundle. Now it is $100/mo for a half-gigabit internet connection. I'd have to sign up for 6 different services in order to add up to my previous budget. So far... its' not come to that point, but if it does I'll be happy to cut out some services. After all do I really need Netflix? I don't watch if for months at a time, and only keep it out of laziness. I'll happily cut it and swap in Disney for that time period of budget constraints become an issue.

busterarm 9y ago
> After all do I really need Netflix? I don't watch if for months at a time, and only keep it out of laziness. I put my elderly mother on my netflix account with her own profile and she couldn't be happier. I saved her a bunch of money that she'd otherwise be spending on cable and as a bonus she's not watching 24hr news that's making her afraid all day. For something that I occasionally will use but she always uses, $10/mo is _cheap_. Now if I could only nudge her towards some of the Korean soap operas that they have now...
- JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
  I'm reading your comment in Buster Bluth's voice and it is great.
  - busterarm 9y ago
    Lol, I guess I'm glad you find it amusing? In all honesty though, it keeps her from calling me constantly every day. Netflix is great for my sanity.
    - JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
      Is your username not a reference to his arm?
      - busterarm 9y ago
        It is not.
        mbesto 9y ago
        I just read that in a Ron Howard voice.
        busterarm 9y ago
        I just read that in a Morgan Freeman voice.
- Baeocystin 9y ago
  Heh. My elderly father watches 100x more Netflix than I do. It makes him happy, particularly for the price. I'm glad he enjoys it, even if I also wish I could nudge him towards a wider variety of shows.
- cm2012 9y ago
  Korean soaps are great for old people! My mom (Caucasian middle american) also now likes running man.
- cm2012 9y ago
  Korean soaps are great for old people! My mom (Caucasian middle american) also now likes running man.
kuschku 9y ago
In 2017, I paid for 100/40 VDSL 30€/month and for all TV channels I could ever need 5€/month (Satellite dish and HD+ decoder card). I'm currently paying 2€/month for Amazon Prime for Students, and I'm not willing to pay more than 10€/month overall for access to streaming platforms (as long as I'm a student, after that maybe 20-30€ overall). That simple. In my family we have Amazon Prime and Netflix, if stuff isn't on there it gets pirated, no discussion.
notatoad 9y ago
>I'd have to sign up for 6 different services in order to add up to my previous budget. that's a good point. but for comparison, in 2004 my cable budget was zero because i was in high school and living with my parents. In college we shared hard drives full of movies around the dorms, and ever since i've lived on my own my tv/movie budget has been some combination of netflix and piracy that added up to less than $10/month. The ship may have sailed on people being willing to spend $60-100 per month on TV.

eldavido 9y ago

More broadly, Netflix has had 3 distinct business models in its lifetime: disk rental, streaming other peoples' content, and now, streaming its own first-party content.

cickpass_broken 9y ago

http://www.cravetv.ca/ http://www.cravetv.ca/ has a bunch of HBO.

ballenf 9y ago
Never seen a pay/subscription site with an anti-adblocker. It wouldn't load until I let it connect to facebook, twitter, scorecardresearch and load a 1st party tracking script included in two tracker lists (Fanboy's and another). It was so tenacious it piqued my curiosity. Really hard to fathom the thinking behind that. At first I thought it must be a pirate site that depended on ad revenue, but nope it's $8 / month.
- rypskar 9y ago
  MotorTrend on demand have the same, but is only a white overlay over the whole page. So it is enough to set the overlay to display none to get the site to work without allowing a bunch of tracking scripts

vlunkr 9y ago

Relative to every other steaming service they have a huge library, I'm not sure what you mean.

notatoad 9y ago
relative to their immediate competitors, yes they have a fairly big library. but in absolute terms, the chances that a random movie i want to watch is available on netflix is already pretty low. losing the disney catalogue isn't going to significantly change that. my favourite movie piracy website claims to have 32 times as many movies as US netflix does.
- Houshalter 9y ago
  Movies no, but they do have a decent percentage of TV shows.