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> There are commercials on all of the "cable replacement" steaming services. No commercials on Netflix. I"m sure they do product placement and other marketing

> There are commercials on all of the "cable replacement" steaming services. No commercials on Netflix. I"m sure they do product placement and other marketing stuff, though.

josefresco 7y ago
The parent comment is about "streaming services" not just Netflix.
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  Yeah and you said "all" of them have ads. Netflix doesn't, so clearly they don't all have ads.
  - josefresco 7y ago
    All of the "cable replacement" streaming services" - I should have been more clear.
sib 7y ago
Netflix is not a "cable replacement" streaming service. Those services are the so-called VMVPDs such as PS Vue, DirecTV Now, SlingTV, YouTube TV, etc. The key characteristic of these services that differentiates them from Netflix is that they have some coverage of live TV, local TV, and/or sports.
- nordsieck 7y ago
  > Netflix is not a "cable replacement" streaming service. Except that some people are replacing their cable with Netflix. So it is, in fact, a "cable replacement" for those people.
- cwkoss 7y ago
  Perhaps the cable industry doesn't define them as so, but Netflix is absolutely is a cable replacement for many consumers.
  - sib 7y ago
    Many people cancel cable and don't subscribe to anything, and decide to read books instead, but we wouldn't call "nothing" or "reading books" a "cable replacement service"... From the GP's comment, it's clear that the reference was to actual "cable replacement services."
- Broken_Hippo 7y ago
  Satellite service has, in the past, failed at local TV - but most folks view that as a cable replacement. And like others have said, people are using Netflix to replace cable - and as such, it is a cable replacement. It isn't difficult to get some live news from major services (BBC, for example) or get some local news from local sources. I don't know much about sports as I've never really watched them - but I know in some places, you need a fairly special cable package to have good access and that sometimes, a disagreement between the networks and the cable company will keep them from you. Using sports as a marker seems pretty flimsy.

> There are commercials on all of the "cable replacement" steaming services. No commercials on Netflix. I"m sure they do product placement and other marketing stuff, though.

josefresco 7y ago

The parent comment is about "streaming services" not just Netflix.

ShamelessC 7y ago
Yeah and you said "all" of them have ads. Netflix doesn't, so clearly they don't all have ads.
- josefresco 7y ago
  All of the "cable replacement" streaming services" - I should have been more clear.

sib 7y ago

Netflix is not a "cable replacement" streaming service. Those services are the so-called VMVPDs such as PS Vue, DirecTV Now, SlingTV, YouTube TV, etc. The key characteristic of these services that differentiates them from Netflix is that they have some coverage of live TV, local TV, and/or sports.

nordsieck 7y ago
> Netflix is not a "cable replacement" streaming service. Except that some people are replacing their cable with Netflix. So it is, in fact, a "cable replacement" for those people.
cwkoss 7y ago
Perhaps the cable industry doesn't define them as so, but Netflix is absolutely is a cable replacement for many consumers.
- sib 7y ago
  Many people cancel cable and don't subscribe to anything, and decide to read books instead, but we wouldn't call "nothing" or "reading books" a "cable replacement service"... From the GP's comment, it's clear that the reference was to actual "cable replacement services."
Broken_Hippo 7y ago
Satellite service has, in the past, failed at local TV - but most folks view that as a cable replacement. And like others have said, people are using Netflix to replace cable - and as such, it is a cable replacement. It isn't difficult to get some live news from major services (BBC, for example) or get some local news from local sources. I don't know much about sports as I've never really watched them - but I know in some places, you need a fairly special cable package to have good access and that sometimes, a disagreement between the networks and the cable company will keep them from you. Using sports as a marker seems pretty flimsy.