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I don't understand the anti-Netflix hate. If you don't like their catalog, you have lots of options. Password sharing is the rampant default. It's not just gra
by peteforde 4y ago
I don't understand the anti-Netflix hate. If you don't like their catalog, you have lots of options.
Password sharing is the rampant default. It's not just grandma in the home or your daughter at college. It's your friends, your exes, your old housemates. Netflix has been, IMO, remarkably chill about this for a very long time. Y'all are talking like they are audaciously stealing something you believe that you are owed.
I think that what got lost along the way is that Netflix forgot what their real product innovation was: long-tail convenience. Whether being able to order from a massive catalog of DVDs or stream things in hi-def without having to worry about torrents or FTP servers, Netflix really changed the way we access media.
They've also played a massive role in popularizing alternative comedy to the masses. Same with documentaries, to a different degree.
I do think they've made some questionable content production decisions. It's highly likely that if they'd stuck to financing comedy specials, documentaries and bringing back shows like Arrested Development and Firefly, they might not have scared Disney, Amazon, HBO and Hulu into competing with them. Their greed made it impossible for the incumbents to not compete.
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