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> Ghibli DVDs are everywhere; a lot of them are not official, and make money for pirates rather than for the studio. See, the point is that it's OK. You are th

> Ghibli DVDs are everywhere; a lot of them are not official, and make money for pirates rather than for the studio. See, the point is that it's OK. You are thinking about money, Miyazaki is thinking about what you'd call the UX. It's better that someone picks a pirated DVD off the shelf, inserts it into the player, and watches the DVD deliberately, in their perspective, than mindlessly clicking on a "suggested next movie" button on a streaming service, and abandon the film half-way. Even pirating the movie is better, since it's a deliberate action, a choice, and an effort. >IMHO making the movies easier to distribute wouldn't impact the quality of presentation Well, that's where you and Studio Ghibli disagree. The idea of getting more satisfaction from getting something if it's a reward for an effort, however minor, is not new. That's why games have achievements, for example.

stuffbyspencer 7y ago
But there's nothing stopping me from stopping the DVD halfway through. And who's to say I'm being drip-feed these movies on autoplay? What if Ghibli had their own service (please no, not another one lol). I would have to make the deliberate action of going to their platform, searching for the movie I want, and clicking play. I don't see the lack of streaming as preserving value, the value should (and definetly does imo) come from the movie itself. The animation, the story, the colors, the music.
- romwell 7y ago
  >And who's to say I'm being drip-feed these movies on autoplay? Statistics! For Netflix, 80% of subscribers’ watch choices come from their personal recommendation engine.[1] >But there's nothing stopping me from stopping the DVD halfway through. Yeah, but you are less likely to do so given the effort it takes you to start. Same with vinyl disks: I rarely don't listen to an entire side if I start playing a disk. >I don't see the lack of streaming as preserving value It's not the lack of streaming, it's shaping the experience. As an analogy: Michelin-star restaurants probably don't have delivery. It's not that "lack of delivery" is driving their value, it's that sitting down there allows you to experience the food more fully. [1]https://techjury.net/stats-about/netflix/ https://techjury.net/stats-about/netflix/
  - anoncake 7y ago
    > Statistics! For Netflix, 80% of subscribers’ watch choices come from their personal recommendation engine. That includes the cases when the recommendation engine just provides the easiest UI to select what you already wanted to watch.
  - metamet 7y ago
    > Michelin-star restaurants probably don't have delivery. It's not that "lack of delivery" is driving their value, it's that sitting down there allows you to experience the food more fully. Very salient point. Fully agree.

stuffbyspencer 7y ago

But there's nothing stopping me from stopping the DVD halfway through. And who's to say I'm being drip-feed these movies on autoplay? What if Ghibli had their own service (please no, not another one lol). I would have to make the deliberate action of going to their platform, searching for the movie I want, and clicking play. I don't see the lack of streaming as preserving value, the value should (and definetly does imo) come from the movie itself. The animation, the story, the colors, the music.

romwell 7y ago
>And who's to say I'm being drip-feed these movies on autoplay? Statistics! For Netflix, 80% of subscribers’ watch choices come from their personal recommendation engine.[1] >But there's nothing stopping me from stopping the DVD halfway through. Yeah, but you are less likely to do so given the effort it takes you to start. Same with vinyl disks: I rarely don't listen to an entire side if I start playing a disk. >I don't see the lack of streaming as preserving value It's not the lack of streaming, it's shaping the experience. As an analogy: Michelin-star restaurants probably don't have delivery. It's not that "lack of delivery" is driving their value, it's that sitting down there allows you to experience the food more fully. [1]https://techjury.net/stats-about/netflix/ https://techjury.net/stats-about/netflix/
- anoncake 7y ago
  > Statistics! For Netflix, 80% of subscribers’ watch choices come from their personal recommendation engine. That includes the cases when the recommendation engine just provides the easiest UI to select what you already wanted to watch.
- metamet 7y ago
  > Michelin-star restaurants probably don't have delivery. It's not that "lack of delivery" is driving their value, it's that sitting down there allows you to experience the food more fully. Very salient point. Fully agree.