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Yeah and have you noticed how the industry doesn't really want you to watch old stuff? Obviously they want to keep peddling new movies and series, so it does ma
by sgt 5y ago
Yeah and have you noticed how the industry doesn't really want you to watch old stuff? Obviously they want to keep peddling new movies and series, so it does make sense, but I think it should be easier to find old classic movies. I often have to resort to torrents for this reason alone.
- wombat-man 5y agoI think NBC would actually love it if you would please pay every month to watch the office over and over.
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- tshaddox 5y agoFriends and Seinfeld regularly make headlines for having their syndication rights sold to Streaming Service A or Streaming Service B for $100 kajillion or whatever.
- perryizgr8 5y agoThen why did they remove it from Netflix?
- zingplex 5y agoBecause they started their own streaming service, NBC Peacock.
- Hamuko 5y agoBut surely it makes more sense to peddle old movies and TV shows because you've already made them. Isn't that why content creation is so lucrative - you make it once and then sell it for years and years?
- jaredsohn 5y agoBut at least for Netflix, they didn't make the old content. If you watch content made by the streaming site, it likely costs them less.
- Hamuko 5y agoWell, streaming services are being balkanized at such a rate that soon most of the content on each service is by the company the runs the service. That is, if it isn't already.
- jaredsohn 5y ago>should be easier to find old classic movies Was referring to above; Netflix didn't create any of those. But yes, over time they'll have old entries in the Netflix catalog. Their first original (House of Cards) was only 9 years ago
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- stagger87 5y agoIt seems they are following the McRib model. Taking it off the menu for awhile probably generates more views overall than simply leaving it on all the time. Plus you can license it out to another streaming service while it's off yours.
- drivers99 5y agoThat's why I still believe in owning physical media (applies to both music and movies). It's the highest quality available at the time (at least until a higher-res version comes out), and can never be updated/censored/"remastered" or otherwise removed from my library.