Neflix is not really a good example as they are bounded to what copyright owners are charging, and they can't really pick and choose things that they did not pr

Neflix is not really a good example as they are bounded to what copyright owners are charging, and they can't really pick and choose things that they did not produce outside of what's not owned by Big Content copyright holders. At the early days, I imagine, one could get a license to stream a lot of things for relatively cheap, since nobody knew if there's any money in it at all, so no risk to let some weirdos to play with it. Now everybody knows large content catalog costs serious money, so Netflix can't just license it for cheap anymore. Using it as a proof that the "long tail" has no value is exactly the opposite of what is happening, I think. > everyone's talking about stranger things and obi-wan Of course they do, did you see the long tail picture? Did you notice the peak on the left side? That's Obi-Wan. It's expected to be there. Its existence does not disprove the right side of the picture. Have some patience and listen until they stop talking about Obi-Wan - then the interesting part starts.