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It may also be due to the fact that they get your money regardless of how much you watch per month. It may be an effort to reduce operating costs by having you
by swebs 8y ago
It may also be due to the fact that they get your money regardless of how much you watch per month. It may be an effort to reduce operating costs by having you watch less.
- dexterdog 8y agoI don't think they want you to watch less. They just want you to watch the stuff they own the rights to which seems kind of odd since they don't publicize the viewership numbers.
- choward 8y agoI think the main reason is so they can get rid of stuff they don't own without people noticing as much.
- IronBacon 8y agoDidn't they once provided a list of movies/series that were going to disappear soon or I'm recalling wrong? I'm keeping my subscription only for my parents, and they also don't use it much, maybe two/three times a week.
- Grue3 8y agoThey don't open the numbers to the public, but surely they're reported to the IP holders. Now suppose Netflix is about to renew a deal to stream something. They go to the IP holder and say, hey this movie has been watched just 100 times this month. So we can only pay $X to renew it. What they don't say is that the suggestion algorithm deliberately avoided showing the movie to users and therefore the view numbers have been greatly reduced.
- toast0 8y agoThey probably pay less per stream for the stuff they own. Cost to create the content most likely comes out of a different budget. Or their metrics say people who watch their content don't close their accounts.
- scarface74 8y agoFrom what I understand, they don’t pay per stream. They pay one sum no matter how many people watch it.
- pwaivers 8y agoThey should be incentivized to have a good UI. If people don't enjoy using the app, then those people are more likely to cancel the subscription. I don't think Netflix wants to discourage people from using the app.