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As other commenters out this seems like horribly short term thinking. The reason I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon prime and NOT to Hulu or YT is because Hulu h
by Ancalagon 5y ago
As other commenters out this seems like horribly short term thinking. The reason I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon prime and NOT to Hulu or YT is because Hulu has ads (prime has internal ads I suppose, but I’ve always been able to skip those unlike YouTube).
I understand content generation is expensive. Maybe Netflix needs to expand more on the IPs they currently own? Merchandising and such (how about a LEGO/Stranger Things crossover anyone?) Differential pricing models for other countries would make sense too. I’m sure the board has thought of all of these and none are particularly easy, but putting ads where they don’t belong would ruin their brand.
- michaelbuckbee 5y agoBoth Hulu and YT have premium (mostly) ad-free experiences. I say mostly as the line gets a little blurry with cross promotion of other shows on the same service.
- Ancalagon 5y agoYeah and I think this blurred line of ads vs no ads damaged their brands at the onset as now I associate them with old school cable tv, which is what I was trying to escape.