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The tech part of streaming no longer matters and Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. I'm no fan of Disney, but you have to give

The tech part of streaming no longer matters and Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. I'm no fan of Disney, but you have to give it to Bob Iger. He just paid out the nose to buy every piece of valuable IP: Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Fox, even Jim Henson. The amount of content they now own is insane. Everything from Sunny in Philadelphia to the Muppet show to Alien to Avatar to The Simpsons to Starwars. It's nuts... you can't throw a dead cat in Hollywood without hitting Disney IP. Meanwhile Netflix makes something worth streaming every year or two, if that.

runako 4y ago
> Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. People say this often, but I have never seen it manifested in a viewership chart. Just using Nielsen data as an example, Netflix absolutely dominates the Top 10 chart, with 7/10 of the programs: https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/ https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/ Anecdotally, when traveling outside the US, Netflix & Disney are really the only providers I have seen have any kind of footprint. Is there any data to back up the "content quality" complaint, or is it just a personal preference?
- vlunkr 4y ago
  The subscriber count continues to grow, so it seems like the content is fine. Or at least not so bad that people are unsubscribing. It seems to me that Netflix still has the most generally appealing content. Yeah Disney has some of the biggest names, but unless you 1. have young kids or 2. are a huge, not burnt-out Star Wars or Marvel fan, Disney+ is a pretty poor service. Most of the other services fall somewhere else in the middle of that spectrum.
chadlavi 4y ago
I agree with you, but don't underestimate how many people just want to leave The Office or something similar running in the background for hours and are willing to pay Netflix for that.
hintymad 4y ago
> Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. I feel the opposite. Marvel's content are getting really tiring now. Superheroes with superior technologies choosing primitive societal and political structures really turned me off. Not enough great action flicks, or binge-worthy dramas like Oz and Strange Things. Not enough international hit shows. Not enough old catalogs.

runako 4y ago

> Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. People say this often, but I have never seen it manifested in a viewership chart. Just using Nielsen data as an example, Netflix absolutely dominates the Top 10 chart, with 7/10 of the programs: https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/ https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/ Anecdotally, when traveling outside the US, Netflix & Disney are really the only providers I have seen have any kind of footprint. Is there any data to back up the "content quality" complaint, or is it just a personal preference?

vlunkr 4y ago
The subscriber count continues to grow, so it seems like the content is fine. Or at least not so bad that people are unsubscribing. It seems to me that Netflix still has the most generally appealing content. Yeah Disney has some of the biggest names, but unless you 1. have young kids or 2. are a huge, not burnt-out Star Wars or Marvel fan, Disney+ is a pretty poor service. Most of the other services fall somewhere else in the middle of that spectrum.

chadlavi 4y ago

I agree with you, but don't underestimate how many people just want to leave The Office or something similar running in the background for hours and are willing to pay Netflix for that.

hintymad 4y ago

> Netflix is in serious trouble due to their lack of quality content. I feel the opposite. Marvel's content are getting really tiring now. Superheroes with superior technologies choosing primitive societal and political structures really turned me off. Not enough great action flicks, or binge-worthy dramas like Oz and Strange Things. Not enough international hit shows. Not enough old catalogs.