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> every time i sign up again I find it lacking tonnes of content. This has nothing to do with Netflix though and everything to do with broadcasters buying righ

> every time i sign up again I find it lacking tonnes of content. This has nothing to do with Netflix though and everything to do with broadcasters buying rights in a region/country. If ABC agreed to an exclusive license of Arrow to TV3 Australia, then Netflix cannot stream Arrow to Australia customers of Netflix. But can stream to New Zealand. What these production companies need to do is stop being greedy, let a few services exist for competition, and allow licensing to 1 or more services. As consumers we may need to buy 2-3 subscriptions, but production companies can pick and choose which services have their content by licensing to the highest bidder. Unfortunately what we have is every production company trying to run their own service to get the maximum profits which means consumers are stuck buying 5+ services to watch all we want. And because of this, piracy will continue to exist.

waheoo 6y ago
Yes, that is my point. You can defend netflix all you like. Its still a sub par experience to torrenting. Stop trying to "fix" a working distribution network. Start improving it. Legitimize the distribution, get rid of the scummy torrent sites, empower the people, and run ads directly in the content like they are already doing with product placement or self release with skipable ads. No, its not the perfect, most effective profit wise, but that isnt the fucking point is it. Supplying the people with entertainment is. Artwork is. Culture is. You can still make profit, nobody will complain, but if you start shitting on the fans you deserve to get whats comin. Seriously, the industry had its entire distribution channel paid and developed for free, and they shit on it instead of embracing it. Can you imagine if amazon was able to get people to deliver their products to eachother for free? You think theyd be upset?

waheoo 6y ago

Yes, that is my point. You can defend netflix all you like. Its still a sub par experience to torrenting. Stop trying to "fix" a working distribution network. Start improving it. Legitimize the distribution, get rid of the scummy torrent sites, empower the people, and run ads directly in the content like they are already doing with product placement or self release with skipable ads. No, its not the perfect, most effective profit wise, but that isnt the fucking point is it. Supplying the people with entertainment is. Artwork is. Culture is. You can still make profit, nobody will complain, but if you start shitting on the fans you deserve to get whats comin. Seriously, the industry had its entire distribution channel paid and developed for free, and they shit on it instead of embracing it. Can you imagine if amazon was able to get people to deliver their products to eachother for free? You think theyd be upset?