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And now the time has come for the Netflix dream team. Stock down 72% in 6 months.

by throwaway_1928 4y ago

alchemyromcom 4y ago
You know it's kind of funny, because many former Olympic dream teams have famously fallen short from time to time. The most noteworthy is the American basketball team losing early rounds to smaller countries, but also Canadian Hockey "dream teams" being knocked out of early rounds too. Every so often there are upsets, even if you do have a "dream team". https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/lists/team-usa-basketball-every-shocking-loss-since-the-dream-team-era/ https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/lists/team-usa-basketball-ev...
- jader201 4y ago
  “Upset” is usually used to refer to a one-off, when a team expected to win has been defeated by an underdog, but then the team often returns to their former level of dominance. So your analogy suggests Netflix will quickly return to its former glory days. I think this is premature, at best, if not incredibly optimistic. I think this is the beginning of a long uphill battle for Netflix, and that if they ever return to their former glory days, it will be much further down the road than what is a typical recover from an upset. I’m not convinced they ever will be the same. Not even close.
- kamaal 4y ago
  This reminds me of my friends who are generally disappointed when the English team with their favorite 'premier league' players loses to other teams in the world cup. Turns out great players in a league are playing in a specific team configuration, and the context of the league in general is very different compared to a competition between national teams at the world cup level.
freyr 4y ago
So is it time for Hastings and Sarandos to get cut from the team? They’re clearly not achieving dream team results lately, and it has nothing to do with the worker bees.
- throwaway_1928 4y ago
  "Rules for thee but not for me"
- weq 4y ago
  I cant beleive they say with a straight face they have a dream when when they cant even implement a search catalogue correctly! People are leaving netflix because its value propersition is sh*t. Its dream-team algorithm is eating its profit and so full of wankers no one has noticed. The amount of times ive herad an ex-netflixer tell me they never saw the content i saw is just the writing on the wall. You had an early mover advantage and the dream team dropped the ball! The only reason your a house-hold name is because of account sharing your users will never pay what will make you profitable. People have left Network TV and the news. Creators no longer dream of Hollywood. Actors are moving to direct to fan engagements. Movies are just re-hashing classics. The world has moved on.
  - petre 4y ago
    > I cant beleive they say with a straight face they have a dream when when they cant even implement a search catalogue correctly! s/can't/won't/ I believe they're gamifying their app to be the software equivalent of a discount retail outlet clothes bin. You get frustrated with the experience and just pick something. Now they're going to put ads in their app. The moment I start seeing ads is the goodbye netflix moment.
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    - nix23 4y ago
      Gamify? Finding Movies that are not even playable/available?

And now the time has come for the Netflix dream team. Stock down 72% in 6 months.

You know it's kind of funny, because many former Olympic dream teams have famously fallen short from time to time. The most noteworthy is the American basketball team losing early rounds to smaller countries, but also Canadian Hockey "dream teams" being knocked out of early rounds too. Every so often there are upsets, even if you do have a "dream team". https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/lists/team-usa-basketball-every-shocking-loss-since-the-dream-team-era/ https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/lists/team-usa-basketball-ev...

jader201 4y ago
“Upset” is usually used to refer to a one-off, when a team expected to win has been defeated by an underdog, but then the team often returns to their former level of dominance. So your analogy suggests Netflix will quickly return to its former glory days. I think this is premature, at best, if not incredibly optimistic. I think this is the beginning of a long uphill battle for Netflix, and that if they ever return to their former glory days, it will be much further down the road than what is a typical recover from an upset. I’m not convinced they ever will be the same. Not even close.
kamaal 4y ago
This reminds me of my friends who are generally disappointed when the English team with their favorite 'premier league' players loses to other teams in the world cup. Turns out great players in a league are playing in a specific team configuration, and the context of the league in general is very different compared to a competition between national teams at the world cup level.

freyr 4y ago

So is it time for Hastings and Sarandos to get cut from the team? They’re clearly not achieving dream team results lately, and it has nothing to do with the worker bees.

throwaway_1928 4y ago
"Rules for thee but not for me"
weq 4y ago
I cant beleive they say with a straight face they have a dream when when they cant even implement a search catalogue correctly! People are leaving netflix because its value propersition is sh*t. Its dream-team algorithm is eating its profit and so full of wankers no one has noticed. The amount of times ive herad an ex-netflixer tell me they never saw the content i saw is just the writing on the wall. You had an early mover advantage and the dream team dropped the ball! The only reason your a house-hold name is because of account sharing your users will never pay what will make you profitable. People have left Network TV and the news. Creators no longer dream of Hollywood. Actors are moving to direct to fan engagements. Movies are just re-hashing classics. The world has moved on.
- petre 4y ago
  > I cant beleive they say with a straight face they have a dream when when they cant even implement a search catalogue correctly! s/can't/won't/ I believe they're gamifying their app to be the software equivalent of a discount retail outlet clothes bin. You get frustrated with the experience and just pick something. Now they're going to put ads in their app. The moment I start seeing ads is the goodbye netflix moment.
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  - nix23 4y ago
    Gamify? Finding Movies that are not even playable/available?