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> Does minutes watched make sense? Should it be normalized by account, rather than overall time? etc ... And then incentivize people to leave their netflix acc

> Does minutes watched make sense? Should it be normalized by account, rather than overall time? etc ... And then incentivize people to leave their netflix accounts watching shows while they are away or whatever for pennies to recoup some of their monthly sub fees. If the royalties are enough, it would seem possible to instead just farm views for profit at netflix expense, on top of royalties, who then passes on the cost. Seems like a losing game all around

interactivecode 3y ago
Do youtubers have tvs running with their videos on it to farm views in a meaningful way?
jacobr1 3y ago
That wouldn't pay off for paid accounts. The cost of paying for a netflix account, will be higher whatever share of royalties is allocated from that account to the rights-holder. If for no other reason than netflix themselves is taking a cut. There might be some scenerio where gaming the system could be profitable with ad-supported accounts, but the remedy for that is probably contractual. If detected, it is a from of fraud and would have some sort of contractual or maybe even tort remedy.