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Netflix is a great example. Price was fine and watching streams was so easy that people forgot torrents. Now, that they increase prices, include ads and prevent
by nicce 4y ago
Netflix is a great example. Price was fine and watching streams was so easy that people forgot torrents. Now, that they increase prices, include ads and prevent password sharing, people remember torrents again.
- sammyq 4y agoAnother example is Spotify and Apple Music. Not too sure on the stats but I’d imagine there’s been a significant more decrease in music piracy compared to movies and tv shows.
- warkdarrior 4y agoNetflix's goal is to maximize profit (number of paying customers x price/customer), not to eliminate piracy.
- Aaron2222 4y agoDon't forget the fragmentation of the streaming market, as every content owner spins up their own streaming service and pulls their content from Netflix.
- RockRobotRock 4y agoIn my opinion, fragmentation is annoying but not anti-competitive nor anti-consumer. I'm sure Netflix wants to give 3rd parties worse and worse deals so they can prioritize their original content.
- ascagnel_ 4y agoNetflix is a terrible example, because they grew off the back of finding value in under-valued content (the back catalogue content of big studios, streaming rights of newer content). Now that the value has been identified, they have to give up the rights to the newly-valued content and/or raise prices.