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"BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content" Bzzt, wrong. The number of streaming services i

by dsr_ 8y ago

"BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content" Bzzt, wrong. The number of streaming services is fine. It's the pricing that's the problem. Proof by reductio: if they were all free, everyone would subscribe to everything. People are willing to pay for convenience. They aren't willing to overpay for convenience when they have free alternatives. They'll pay $25/month for a service that combines Netflix, Hulu, CBS and Disney into one searchable interface. Split them up, and people will drop or not even start the ones they perceive as being lowest value.

mavdi 8y ago
I wouldn't call subscribing to every single major streaming service a convenience.
preommr 8y ago
Netflix's problem are their business methods. Proof by reductio: If Netflix just dominated the whole planet and ran a totalitarian regime, they could force everyone to watch Netflix.
GuB-42 8y ago
> Proof by reductio: if they were all free, everyone would subscribe to everything. Not even sure. If every time you need to watch a movie you need to make a new account, with the usual form to fill, email check, all the little popups telling you how to use features you don't need, the notification to disable, etc... only to notice you didn't subscribe to the right platform, I think you will go back to torrents rather quickly. And that's without touching compatibility issues. And then, you contradict yourself in the last sentence by saying "a service that combines... into one". Acknowledging that you want a single $25/month service, not just a discount if you buy all 4.
smsm42 8y ago
> Proof by reductio: if they were all free, everyone would subscribe to everything. Not necessarily. Having 15 different apps/ways to access content is annoying too. And of course nobody integrates with anybody because they're all competing so why boost the competitor's offer? But yes, if on top of that each of them costs $10-15/month, that's a deal breaker. I'd just subscribe to one that has the most content, and that's it. Maybe sometime in the future they'd get the right idea and learn to play nice... doesn't seem to be happening so far.

by dsr_ 8y ago

mavdi 8y ago

I wouldn't call subscribing to every single major streaming service a convenience.

preommr 8y ago

Netflix's problem are their business methods. Proof by reductio: If Netflix just dominated the whole planet and ran a totalitarian regime, they could force everyone to watch Netflix.

GuB-42 8y ago

> Proof by reductio: if they were all free, everyone would subscribe to everything. Not even sure. If every time you need to watch a movie you need to make a new account, with the usual form to fill, email check, all the little popups telling you how to use features you don't need, the notification to disable, etc... only to notice you didn't subscribe to the right platform, I think you will go back to torrents rather quickly. And that's without touching compatibility issues. And then, you contradict yourself in the last sentence by saying "a service that combines... into one". Acknowledging that you want a single $25/month service, not just a discount if you buy all 4.

smsm42 8y ago

> Proof by reductio: if they were all free, everyone would subscribe to everything. Not necessarily. Having 15 different apps/ways to access content is annoying too. And of course nobody integrates with anybody because they're all competing so why boost the competitor's offer? But yes, if on top of that each of them costs $10-15/month, that's a deal breaker. I'd just subscribe to one that has the most content, and that's it. Maybe sometime in the future they'd get the right idea and learn to play nice... doesn't seem to be happening so far.