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I am so tired of these comments about Netflix: “I am going to cancel if Netflix splits disc from streaming.” “I am going to cancel if Netflix raises prices.”

by lvl102 5y ago

I am so tired of these comments about Netflix: “I am going to cancel if Netflix splits disc from streaming.” “I am going to cancel if Netflix raises prices.” “I am going to cancel if Netflix makes it difficult to share passwords.” “I am going to cancel if Netflix cancels my shows.” “I am going to cancel if Netflix introduces ads.” Netflix did more to free the market from the stranglehold the networks had for decades. If you want to go back to paying $150 per months for cable, be my guest. People seriously have issues with Netflix raising prices 25-30% in the past DECADE while their catalog has increased significantly?

batch12 5y ago
I will absolutely cancel Netflix if they introduce ads. I will cancel Netflix if they cancel shows I want to watch. I don't owe them anything in addition to the money I have already paid them for their service. Their business model and disruption of cable doesn't entitle them to my future money.
rglullis 5y ago
Piracy is still free.
mewpmewp2 5y ago
The alternative is actually torrenting. If there was an ad free service, where you can easily watch ANY tv show or movie when you want it, I'd pay $50+/month for it.
- lvl102 5y ago
  No it’s not. Streaming tech is leaps and bounds better than pirating. Same goes for music services.
  - hoseja 5y ago
    Huh? In what important way? I don't care it's technically impressive I'm being served a DRM-protected datastream through a global CDN network. I can download any show in 5 minutes and have it as a file, wholly on my own disk.
  - manuelabeledo 5y ago
    Is it though? If paid streaming services started showing ads by default, the experience would definitely be worse for customers.
    - lvl102 5y ago
      You do realize they’re not even considering this options right? This is just some nobody contemplating. And even if they did, it will just be another price tier same as competition.
      - manuelabeledo 5y ago
        It’s the discussion topic, though.
greedo 5y ago
While their catalog has increased significantly in the last decade, most of it is shows they've produced or bought. The quality of these shows is hit or miss. I didn't subscribe to Netflix for serial productions. I subscribed for movies. And over the last decade their catalog has decreased significantly.
ThinkBeat 5y ago
Except that now there is a lot of competition in the Netflix space. Part of the reason cable is/was so expensive is that you wanted more than one channel so you could see shows on other channels. Netflix is now just s channel, HBO, Amazon, AppleTV (whatever they call it),Disney. Want to watch Boba Fett but still follow a show on Netflix, now you are paying for two channels. (and so on). Of course you can rotate, Netflix one month, Disney the next, but by spacing out release to once a week, they can hook people into subscibting to several streaming services.
tomjen3 5y ago
I have a problem because their catalog has decreased significantly. Out are good old shows with many seasons and twenty shows per season. In are a few formularic Netflix originals with two seasons and 8 to 10 episodes a season. Not all is bad, of course, but I quickly run out of good content and if I see something I would like to watch later, it is often gone by then. Then I can search for it, only for Netflix to show me a bunch of irrelevant stuff not even close to what I was looking for.
peoplefromibiza 5y ago
> Netflix did more to free the market from the stranglehold the networks had for decades but we don't have any obligation to keep supporting them it they f*ck up
NoOneNew 5y ago
You fail to recognize one important factor. Those that did cancel dont show up to these comment threads anymore. Me being one of them for I think I'm about to hit the 2 year mark soon on being sans-Netflix. Any show I like and publicly does well, cancelled on season 3. Shows that have been popping up are utter trash. I was thinking of doing a month when Cowboy Bebop dropped... yea... I'm glad i didnt. I'm waiting for Witcher season 3 to drop, then I'll get it for a month and cancel it. Their business practices are staying from, "deliver awesome content in an awesome way" to "squeeze blood from a rock". Back in the day, Marco Polo was their shit tier show and it was awesome. The netflix exclusives that were coming out 2 years ago were trash and I could see the writing on the wall that it wasn't going to get better. What I hear about lately, it's all a fucking joke. They're hitting the theres a quality in quantity mindset and the numbers are showing that it's not working. Maybe if they placed more focus on good movies and shows instead of the business models LITERALLY EVERYONE RAN AWAY FROM TO GET NETFLIX IN THE FIRST PLACE... they might be complaining that there aren't enough good writers and filmmakers out there because they already bought up everyone. That's a better and much more respectable problem to have instead of being a silicon valley bro who worries about "scale" during every conversation.
- dogleash 5y ago
  Yep, I tapped out on netflix too. Never said anything about it to anyone that didn't live with me. Pretty quiet and mundane decision, more like a realization it just wasn't worth it anymore.
  - prawn 5y ago
    I think we will drop it soon too. We pay for four or so streaming services and the number of times I fire up Netflix and fail to find anything I want to watch is immeasurable. I figure the best bet with these services is to periodically drop one or two for a few months until they add new contact, then bring it back to replace another one. Pointless paying for them all but only watching a select few things.
Jayakumark 5y ago
Very soon Streaming services might look expensive than cable, if you want to buy 4 or more services out of discovery+, disney+, netflix, showtime, hbo, peacock, cbs hulu, paramount, fox, appletv+, youtube red etc..

by lvl102 5y ago

batch12 5y ago

I will absolutely cancel Netflix if they introduce ads. I will cancel Netflix if they cancel shows I want to watch. I don't owe them anything in addition to the money I have already paid them for their service. Their business model and disruption of cable doesn't entitle them to my future money.

rglullis 5y ago

Piracy is still free.

mewpmewp2 5y ago

The alternative is actually torrenting. If there was an ad free service, where you can easily watch ANY tv show or movie when you want it, I'd pay $50+/month for it.

lvl102 5y ago
No it’s not. Streaming tech is leaps and bounds better than pirating. Same goes for music services.
- hoseja 5y ago
  Huh? In what important way? I don't care it's technically impressive I'm being served a DRM-protected datastream through a global CDN network. I can download any show in 5 minutes and have it as a file, wholly on my own disk.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago
  Is it though? If paid streaming services started showing ads by default, the experience would definitely be worse for customers.
  - lvl102 5y ago
    You do realize they’re not even considering this options right? This is just some nobody contemplating. And even if they did, it will just be another price tier same as competition.
    - manuelabeledo 5y ago
      It’s the discussion topic, though.

greedo 5y ago

While their catalog has increased significantly in the last decade, most of it is shows they've produced or bought. The quality of these shows is hit or miss. I didn't subscribe to Netflix for serial productions. I subscribed for movies. And over the last decade their catalog has decreased significantly.

ThinkBeat 5y ago

Except that now there is a lot of competition in the Netflix space. Part of the reason cable is/was so expensive is that you wanted more than one channel so you could see shows on other channels. Netflix is now just s channel, HBO, Amazon, AppleTV (whatever they call it),Disney. Want to watch Boba Fett but still follow a show on Netflix, now you are paying for two channels. (and so on). Of course you can rotate, Netflix one month, Disney the next, but by spacing out release to once a week, they can hook people into subscibting to several streaming services.

tomjen3 5y ago

I have a problem because their catalog has decreased significantly. Out are good old shows with many seasons and twenty shows per season. In are a few formularic Netflix originals with two seasons and 8 to 10 episodes a season. Not all is bad, of course, but I quickly run out of good content and if I see something I would like to watch later, it is often gone by then. Then I can search for it, only for Netflix to show me a bunch of irrelevant stuff not even close to what I was looking for.

peoplefromibiza 5y ago

> Netflix did more to free the market from the stranglehold the networks had for decades but we don't have any obligation to keep supporting them it they f*ck up

NoOneNew 5y ago

You fail to recognize one important factor. Those that did cancel dont show up to these comment threads anymore. Me being one of them for I think I'm about to hit the 2 year mark soon on being sans-Netflix. Any show I like and publicly does well, cancelled on season 3. Shows that have been popping up are utter trash. I was thinking of doing a month when Cowboy Bebop dropped... yea... I'm glad i didnt. I'm waiting for Witcher season 3 to drop, then I'll get it for a month and cancel it. Their business practices are staying from, "deliver awesome content in an awesome way" to "squeeze blood from a rock". Back in the day, Marco Polo was their shit tier show and it was awesome. The netflix exclusives that were coming out 2 years ago were trash and I could see the writing on the wall that it wasn't going to get better. What I hear about lately, it's all a fucking joke. They're hitting the theres a quality in quantity mindset and the numbers are showing that it's not working. Maybe if they placed more focus on good movies and shows instead of the business models LITERALLY EVERYONE RAN AWAY FROM TO GET NETFLIX IN THE FIRST PLACE... they might be complaining that there aren't enough good writers and filmmakers out there because they already bought up everyone. That's a better and much more respectable problem to have instead of being a silicon valley bro who worries about "scale" during every conversation.

dogleash 5y ago
Yep, I tapped out on netflix too. Never said anything about it to anyone that didn't live with me. Pretty quiet and mundane decision, more like a realization it just wasn't worth it anymore.
- prawn 5y ago
  I think we will drop it soon too. We pay for four or so streaming services and the number of times I fire up Netflix and fail to find anything I want to watch is immeasurable. I figure the best bet with these services is to periodically drop one or two for a few months until they add new contact, then bring it back to replace another one. Pointless paying for them all but only watching a select few things.

Jayakumark 5y ago

Very soon Streaming services might look expensive than cable, if you want to buy 4 or more services out of discovery+, disney+, netflix, showtime, hbo, peacock, cbs hulu, paramount, fox, appletv+, youtube red etc..