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HN readers massively overestimate the willingness of the average person to "fight the power" or whatever. When Netflix cracked down on password sharing, I was f
by nmilo 3y ago
HN readers massively overestimate the willingness of the average person to "fight the power" or whatever. When Netflix cracked down on password sharing, I was fully expecting people to realize how bad Netflix has become and to move on to other platforms. Everyone here thought they were shooting themselves in the foot. But no, the password sharing fix did exactly what they wanted it to do, and subscriptions actually increased. The truth is that no one but a couple of techies know or care what NewPipe or yt-dl are. This move by YouTube will work and there's not really anything we can do about it.
- recursive 3y ago> people to realize how bad Netflix has become and to move on to other platforms What's supposed to be bad about it. I'm still using Netflix and never even shared my password the first time. I like it.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThey were good while they were the first-mover with all the good distribution contracts signed. Now everyone and their dog runs their own streaming service, and keeps tight control of any IP they may have. Netflix catalogue was never that big - they were, and are, just very good at hiding it with UI dark patterns; now, it's even smaller. They're trying to back-fill it by funding... well, take your pick: - Charitable view: a very broad selection of productions aimed at smaller, niche audiences, so that everyone can find something unique they like. - Cynical view: B-rate shit, going for quantity over quality, and hoping something sticks. Either way, at this point, many Netflix users have long ago watched everything remotely worth watching on the site, and keep the subscription out of habit (or to keep access to something they like to rewatch). It doesn't take much to lose those subscribers.
- saalweachter 3y agoNetflix is fine for what it is, it's just there was a golden era where essentially everything was on Netflix for a reasonable monthly fee, and then content owners realized they could make their own streaming services for just their stuff and charge the same amount. Sometimes there really are good old days.
- aftbit 3y agoI'll bet Netflix lost a lot of viewers who were not subscribers though. That might be okay for them, or it might not be. It depends on just how valuable all that mindshare and all those eyeballs are for them above and beyond the subscription costs.
- gbear605 3y agoMore than half of my non-techie friends have cancelled their Netflix subscriptions in the last few months because of the changes. They were already on the edge of having it anyway, so when Netflix said to pay twice as much they just left.
- aio2 3y agoIt's cause some people are so fucking stupid