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If it wants to beat cable all it has to do is not be awful.
by wlesieutre 9y ago
If it wants to beat cable all it has to do is not be awful.
- Scoundreller 9y agoNetflix:cable::Uber:taxis
- Apocryphon 9y agoExcept without the flouting of regulations and labor laws
- vkou 9y agoThirty years ago, cable was to network television what Netflix is to cable today. I have a feeling that this time around, it will take less then 30 years for Netflix to reach the same unwatchable state.
- lev99 9y agoMy Netflix bill is creeping up. I’m up to $13.99/month. Honestly I’m probably not going to keep it if it keeps creeping up.
- 6d6b73 9y agoThere is this thing called inflation.. Things will get more expensive no matter what we do.
- lev99 9y agoI'll be okay if the price increases moves at the same rate as inflation, but the price is increasing much faster.
- r00fus 9y agoVs. a $50-100 cable TV bill that's still small potatoes. It's about the price of HBO but with a caveat that you definitely don't need a cable bundle to watch it.
- lev99 9y agoWe shouldn't be comparing Netflix to Cable TV, but comparing Netflix to Youtube, Twitch, Prime Video, Hulu, etc. Cable TV has such a high price because it includes both a network and content. Netflix should only be compared to entities that do not own networks.
- r00fus 9y agoWhy? Hell I watch less CableTV than I watch Netflix. I consequently value Netflix despite paying less.
- vkou 9y agoWhen you pay for cable, your $60/month bill pays for programming, as well as the wires that deliver your television to your home. When you pay for Netflix, your $13/month bill does not pay for the wires that deliver your television to your home.
- lev99 9y ago> (me) Netflix should only be compared to entities that do not own networks.. > (vkou) When you pay for cable, your $60/month bill pays for programming, as well as the wires that deliver your television to your home. Vkou's rephrasing is precisely correct. Home phones are also $20-$60/month because operating a wired network really is that expensive. Many people I know that use cable/satellite TV either have low home bandwidth or have a home bandwidth cap. A standard home datacap is 300gb/month. The average American watches 5 hours of tv a day [0], or 500+gb/month (at HD). [0]https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/average-american-watches-5-hours-tv-day-article-1.1711954 https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/average-american-watc...
- r00fus 9y agoWhat if I told you I did most of my watching through my iPhone on T-Mobile. And that it's about $23 ($230 for 10 lines) for that line, and data is fully subsidized (480p but hey, it's a smartphone screen res). Yeah, technically you're correct, I should include internet of my cable portion, but it's also doing about a dozen other things for me, too, so lets be generous and say it's $60 data/10 uses = that's an additional $6 just for Netflix. So < $20 for Netflix for my family.
- taurath 9y agoOne of the biggest parts that makes cable awful are the ads, so they don't even have to avoid being mildly awful.
- megablast 9y agoWatching crappy shows that doesn't have ads doesn't sound appealing to me. Not that that is what Netflix, but is sounds like your argument is.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoDo you think this is a common opinion? Consider that popular network TV is popular, and that successful means appealing to the widest audience.
- machiaweliczny 9y agoNetflix has also awful product placement in some of its shows :/