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> Why do you care about managing your own streaming platform. because voluntarily giving up control over your content to a monopole means you loose leverage. I
by thecatspaw 8y ago
> Why do you care about managing your own streaming platform.
because voluntarily giving up control over your content to a monopole means you loose leverage. If 90% of all video content is on netflix, they can set the terms, not you. "we're paying half of that or we dont host it".
> Just licens everything at a price you believe to be fair
They most likely do. But if noone else is willing to pay enough, its only going to be on their own platform.
- gcb0 8y agoI disagree completely. Exclusive content is not to protect against netflix becoming a monopoly. it is for the studio to try to be the monopoly! if your content has a price in the open, streaming platforms can then compete on price/quality to end user. instead, today, they compete 100% on exclusives.
- wild_preference 8y agoI don't understand what you're disagreeing with. > streaming platforms can then compete It seems fragmentation is part of your premise rather than something you're disagreeing about. The post your replied to explained why there's fragmentation: one winner takes it all if you let it.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoMusic and movies are not substitute goods. Ignoring piracy, if you have an exclusive on some content, the fans of that content will come to you instead of choosing some other work to consume.
- Vendan 8y agoMovies yeah, but music is totally a substitute good to me. If you aren't on Spotify, I'll listen to something else...