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Classic clickbait. Post a terrible idea, that gets people angry, and they click through. Ignore this and don't click.
by _tom_ 5y ago
Classic clickbait. Post a terrible idea, that gets people angry, and they click through.
Ignore this and don't click.
- pankajdoharey 5y agoIf Netflix starts selling ads then only Netflix executives will watch the shows, everyone else will cancel their subscriptions.
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- MisterBastahrd 5y agoYeah, the quality of a lot of Netflix shows just feels inferior to other platforms.
- bigiain 5y agoI'm happy to go back to using BitTorrent for everything if they insist on making the experience of paying for shows worse than pirating them.
- ComradePhil 5y agoYou say that but people have been watching cable TV for decades.
- Twisell 5y agoMaybe the key point being that they are a different audience, Netflix users seek something else. Copy cable TV business plan and theses users will just migrate elsewhere. Way to shot on your own foot.
- lnxg33k1 5y agoSpeaking of cable, if the quality of Netflix produced content would be comparable to the one of hbo or Disney I would even consider paying for it and watch ads. But I think Netflix subscriptions are going down because m, at least in my personal experience, the content is just offensively stupid, banal, childish and poor. Maybe the first step should be to product stuff that makes sense
- 0des 5y agoI'm guessing you aren't a schumer fan
- lnxg33k1 5y agohttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/amy_schumer_growing https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/amy_schumer_growing This? I don't have netflix anymore for a couple of years, so I wasn't aware of this.. but I would say that if I did, I wouldn't be a fan of this ;o
- oblio 5y agoIt's the long term future of all streaming. After they increase subscription prices and their subscriber growth stops, they will still need to increase revenue. So they will sell ads. In 20 years streaming will look like cable TV.
- hedora 5y agoAnd then, someone will invent bit torrent, completing the cycle.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 5y agoless than 20 years i think
- systemvoltage 5y agoThis isn’t any other writer. This is Stratechery, damn it. It’s Ben. Classic kneejerk emotional reaction.
- TheRealNGenius 5y agoDoesn't mean their stuff can't suck. Like this article. Which sucks.
- systemvoltage 5y agoI disagree, it doesn't suck. You need to seperate personal distaste for advertisement and objective analysis / business strategy. I hate ads as much as anyone, but I don't think the article sucks. Quite the opposite actually. If I were an investor in Netflix, I would vote for this.
- TheRealNGenius 5y agoYou're entitled to your opinion. And my opinion is that yours sucks.
- rosndo 5y agoOn HN we normally try to avoid such shallow dismissals. Can you explain why his opinion sucks?
- Ericson2314 5y agoIt depends when you want to sell your stock. If Netflix goes too in for "background" with "ads", it will be watered down and completing with other Hollywood cops and TikTok alike. Too many completing concerns and it won't be able to serve all markets well. So sure it could look good in the interim, and many corporate strategies do. I get why Stratechery likes it on some level. Slaying the sacred cow here is like Intel deciding to do the iPhone as ARM. Put I think it's different, in that Intel was first in the lead and so would be good at a lower margin iPhone business, whereas Netflix has no real advantage over TikTok and whatever other background content competitors already exist.
- rosndo 5y agoBut that’s clearly not what’s happening here, even if you disagree with the idea. The title is consistent with the contents of the article. The contents of the article are not deliberately terrible, in fact they’re not terrible at all.
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