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There's a lot of bias here. How many people care about tv so much they would switch platforms for a show? I mean, I care a lot but I will never get paramount+ f

by _8j50 5y ago

There's a lot of bias here. How many people care about tv so much they would switch platforms for a show? I mean, I care a lot but I will never get paramount+ for Halo or Disney+ for star trek. It's the only thing to do when I am just tired and need to sit down. I am very tolerant of mediocre shows. I used only prime until a few months ago and I am honestly aghast and in awe of the amount of content on netflix. I feel like I could never run out of random things I can put on I haven't seen already. I think a lot of people do the same to the point where they have a "just play something" feature. Amazon prime had good content but slim pickings! And half the stuff you have to pay for, ran out of free stuff fast. Hulu likes ads too much, low value content too. My point is, Netflix is "tv" everything else is some site charging for video content. You turn your cable tv on to some channel and just watch what is on, so long as you haven't seen it already. Netflix lets you do that, everyone else, maybe they have good shows but not enough of them. The Netflix UX is amazing as well, it rivals apple UX in my opinion. It just works, even autoplay preview works well somehow! Their app also syncs well and lets you download content for long trips and such. I have to disagree with OP. Netflix is here to stay. Don't tell anyone but I would gladly pay up to $99/mo for it as-is because similar quality on cable does not exist but I would be paying much more for premium cable. "Netflix+chill" is only a thing because of their UX, can't do that on Hulu because ads ruin things for example.

parasubvert 5y ago
Almost everyone I know has multiple TV platforms for specific shows, particularly Disney+ and HBO, more recently Prime. It’s very common. Only reason I keep Netflix is for specific shows.
gilgoomesh 5y ago
I'm amazed people are so reluctant to pick up a subscription for 1 month to watch a show. $15 to watch a season of a show. It's not a life decision, it's a whim.
- gnicholas 5y ago
  > It's not a life decision, it's a whim. If I were still single, this would be true. But picking up Disney+ for a month is not a short-term commitment if you have small children.
- _8j50 5y ago
  If account creation and emails weren't involved? Sure. Piracy is easier for some people too ;) I could waste that $15 on some overpriced coffee or something too, I would even pay that to get out of the hassle of signing up, getting more email, managing one more password and temp payment card too. Meh, just play some boring show on my current subscription, even watching over the air tv is less of a hassle
maldusiecle 5y ago
I think you're a little behind the times here. Most of the major streaming services have features to automatically play something else when your video ends, and they have for some time--it's hardly a differentiator for Netflix. Likewise downloading content for trips. Hulu does show ads, but they've had an ad-free tier for years now. At the same time, Netflix's catalog has declined--shows that used to be big draws for them aren't there any more, from Mad Men to The Office. Their market share plunged in 2021, and I doubt that's the end of it.
- _8j50 5y ago
  Not autoplay, autopreview* , they have a lot of half finished shows which irks people but as they literally came out with new seasons of multiple shows as I just finished binging 2-3 seasons. And they do have a lot of rebranded old tv shows as well. There is simply no reason for them to be less than very profitable anytime soon. I am sure they are losing market share but they are charging more too. It's very hard to beat the first-to-market advantage.

by _8j50 5y ago

parasubvert 5y ago

Almost everyone I know has multiple TV platforms for specific shows, particularly Disney+ and HBO, more recently Prime. It’s very common. Only reason I keep Netflix is for specific shows.

gilgoomesh 5y ago

I'm amazed people are so reluctant to pick up a subscription for 1 month to watch a show. $15 to watch a season of a show. It's not a life decision, it's a whim.

gnicholas 5y ago
> It's not a life decision, it's a whim. If I were still single, this would be true. But picking up Disney+ for a month is not a short-term commitment if you have small children.
_8j50 5y ago
If account creation and emails weren't involved? Sure. Piracy is easier for some people too ;) I could waste that $15 on some overpriced coffee or something too, I would even pay that to get out of the hassle of signing up, getting more email, managing one more password and temp payment card too. Meh, just play some boring show on my current subscription, even watching over the air tv is less of a hassle

maldusiecle 5y ago

I think you're a little behind the times here. Most of the major streaming services have features to automatically play something else when your video ends, and they have for some time--it's hardly a differentiator for Netflix. Likewise downloading content for trips. Hulu does show ads, but they've had an ad-free tier for years now. At the same time, Netflix's catalog has declined--shows that used to be big draws for them aren't there any more, from Mad Men to The Office. Their market share plunged in 2021, and I doubt that's the end of it.

_8j50 5y ago
Not autoplay, autopreview* , they have a lot of half finished shows which irks people but as they literally came out with new seasons of multiple shows as I just finished binging 2-3 seasons. And they do have a lot of rebranded old tv shows as well. There is simply no reason for them to be less than very profitable anytime soon. I am sure they are losing market share but they are charging more too. It's very hard to beat the first-to-market advantage.