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I'll throw it out as a side note, because in all the discussions I've read on Netflix of late no one seems to mention it: Netflix has FANTASTIC kids content ava
by crgt 15y ago
I'll throw it out as a side note, because in all the discussions I've read on Netflix of late no one seems to mention it: Netflix has FANTASTIC kids content available for streaming. My kids would revolt if we cancelled our service. That alone guarantees my business until there is a truly compelling replacement. I cannot believe we're the only family like this. And while this is probably not a large enough market to sustain them (let alone power growth), they do seem to have a pretty good sense of how people engage with their content - and my guess is that their deep long-tail of streaming content actually holds more appeal than might be guessed. To be honest, my only frustration with them of late has been the fact that my streaming queue is overrun with "Bob the Builder" & "Caillou" when I'm actually looking for something to watch. Perhaps this new, sharper focus on the streaming side will enable them to improve things like this? Here's hoping they survive this transformation and emerge stronger for it.
- JeffDClark 15y agoTotally agree. It was a no brainer to cancel the DVD side of our subscription, but the streaming, no way.
- foobarbazoo 15y agoAmazon Prime streaming is more than enough for children, and most families already have it. And the kids don't care at all who they get the shows from. I expect Amazon to continue to aggressively compete in this area, not to mention Apple and someday, Google. Netflix is giving away their core advantage -- a huge content library and DVD/Blu-ray backup for anything not-yet streamed. No one else has that. Now they're just like everyone else.
- kahirsch 15y ago> Amazon Prime streaming is more than enough for children, and most families already have it. The estimates I saw from February were 4-5 million Amazon Prime customers. That's much smaller than Netflix, much less "most families".
- JeffDClark 15y agoBut Amazon Prime streaming is not (yet?) available on the AppleTV that the kids use. Sure I keep meaning to jailbreak the darn thing but I never quite find the time to do so. Netflix has huge penetration into hardware that Amazon does not have and to me that is a huge leg up for them. Also I can not believe that Netflix does not have an ace up their sleeve, i.e., a serious infusion of streaming content. However, I would be in awe if they did not have that ace up their sleeve and are instead trying to push the content providers into the present so that we can get on with the future.
- sk_0919 15y ago>>I cannot believe we're the only family like this You certainly aren't..They actually have a tab called "Just for kids"
- pkulak 15y agoYup. My kid is only two, but even I have noticed that Netflix has 6 full seasons of Spongebob and nearly 100 full episodes of Seasame Street. It's pretty important to me that my child not be bombarded by advertisements before he gains any critical thinking skills, so I'll be a Netflix customer for a long time yet, I'm sure. I'm just hoping they use this extra cash to get some better content (or create it themselves) for me.
- narcissus 15y agoWow. I have a 4 year old and a 5 year old, both love getting to pick stuff off Netflix and not once did I think about the fact that there are no ads... that's such an awesome point in Netflix's favour and I can't believe I never realised it before. Plus, for me at least, it's good in that it forces them to compromise and work it out among themselves. They can watch whatever they want on it (obviously, within their genre) but they have to work it out between the two of them what they are going to watch. With the TV, it's closer to "on or off".
- ja27 15y agoYes, it's really frustrating that Netflix only allows streaming from the primary account and none of the sub accounts. Anything we stream shows up on the recently watched list for our kids to see.