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I think the difference is that when you open Spotify, you expect a complete or almost complete catalogue. People have existing artists that they really want to
by freefal 7y ago
I think the difference is that when you open Spotify, you expect a complete or almost complete catalogue. People have existing artists that they really want to hear. That puts Spotify in a tough negotiating position as they have to license more or less everything.
When you open Netflix, you just want to watch something interesting within some category. That opens the door to Netflix creating its own content and puts them in a much better negotiating position vis-a-vis Hollywood. They don't need to license everything.
- mrguyorama 7y ago>When you open Netflix, you just want to watch something interesting within some category. No no no, I want Netflix to take the Spotify approach. I'm just not sure the media industry is willing to let that happen.
- greggman2 7y agoSo you want to watch the same shows and movies over and over? When I listen to music I usually want a large percentage of that music to be stuff I already know. Of course I like discovering new music but, at least for me, probably > 50% of the time, maybe 90% of the time I'm playing music I know. Conversely with Netflix I always want somehting I have never seen. Less than 2% of the stuff I watch on Netflix (or any other similar service) is stuff I've viewed before, maybe even less. Off the top of my head the only thing I've ever viewed more than once on Netflix is Rick and Morty.
- spullara 7y agoNo, they want Netflix to offer all the content that has been produced so they can watch anything that exists, more like Spotify/Apple Music/Google Music/etc.