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They can't catch up because nobody is going to pay for 'another netflix'. One of the things classic hollywood media was built on, was lock-in, control, ads, lo
by oneplane 8y ago
They can't catch up because nobody is going to pay for 'another netflix'.
One of the things classic hollywood media was built on, was lock-in, control, ads, locality. None of that applies to the Netflix space of things. You get no control, you don't get to dictate when and why and how someone consumes content, and you don't get to schedule yourself between everybody else. Unless you have good, accessible, quality content, people are going to ignore you (and they should). It's why piracy exists and will exist as long as people attempt to force lock-in by making their media exclusive to one service or area. People don't want it and will find ways around it, forever.
- dragonshed 8y agoThese are all good points, but if Netflix's content quality continues to erode (licensing expirations, crap original contenT), people will leave Netflix and use that money elsewhere.
- oneplane 8y agoI'm not so sure about that. No other international content provider is available is most of Europe. Even HBO is only available in very limited packaged versions (which every one hates because we don't want packages).
- DenisM 8y agoI have more than one service, at the peak I had 5: Netflix, HBO Now, Amazon, Hulu, and Acorn. Also maybe BritBox (not sure if I ever started paying for it). I subscribe / unsubscribe as interesting shows come out.
- stephengillie 8y agoYoutube Premium, and paying some of those people again on Patreon. Also, Crunchyroll.
- lukeschlather 8y agoCable bundles range from $50-$150. So there's definitely room for 4-10 profitable Netflix competitors that compete for around $100 of disposable income beyond the base cost of Internet. People prefer free but they're clearly willing to pay. And expecting a single all-inclusive bundle for $15/month is not realistic or even desirable IMO.
- oneplane 8y agoI don't think people pay for cable bundles in that price range because they chose those bundles, but because that is what was available. You want one specific thing yet you have to pay for all the nonsense as well. There is no technical or customer-oriented reason why it was/is that way, and it was only kept in-place because of politics and lack of competition (before Netflix online came along).