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I don't expect Netflix to make shows forever, especially ones that don't gain an audience, but if I can't at least be 50/50 I'll get a satisfying ending then I'

by poink 3y ago

I don't expect Netflix to make shows forever, especially ones that don't gain an audience, but if I can't at least be 50/50 I'll get a satisfying ending then I'm simply not going to watch. This attitude makes it harder for Netflix to make shows that do gain an audience, and it only gets worse every time they betray their viewers' trust.

sleepybrett 3y ago
Netflix does a remarkably poor job of advertising their own shows. Maybe if I kept the service around more I would know more about their shows, though I tend to get really annoyed when they do autoplay trailers in a banner at the top of their UI. Having liked the books quite a bit I came to Altered Carbon a season late because I just didn't know that they made it. Honestly right now I couldn't tell you what I might be excited about on netflix the only thing I know is that there will be one more season of stranger things but it was delayed even before the writers strike. Meanwhile HBO/Max/Whatever seems to do a pretty good job, even when the shows are pretty niche. Of course I see advertising for House of the Dragon or any of the big prestige HBO shows, but also for their niche Max based stuff (which seems to be going away a bit..) like Flight Attendant or Doom Patrol.
gscott 3y ago
Some shows need multiple seasons to build viewership they are not getting that on streaming. Disney pulls them off entirely to not have to pay residuals.
acdha 3y ago
It’s especially bad because they are so quick to cancel things that they’re skewing their data to what shut-ins like to binge. If you have kids, a social life, etc. it’s pretty common for something to go from “oh, cool, I should try that after I finish my current show” to canceled.
- poink 3y ago
  This is my biggest problem. I'd be more than happy to pay for a Netflix subscription, but I just don't have time to watch everything that comes out immediately. There are several shows I've watched the first few episodes of, enjoyed, then got busy. By the time I'm thinking about picking them up again I hear they've been canceled with no actual ending. If they didn't have the viewership to keep going I wouldn't be mad (that's on me, I guess), but if they don't have an ending I'm never going to finish them. I'm happy to pay a subscription fee for months I'm too busy to use it (which seems ideal from a streaming provider's cost/benefit perspective), but if most of your shows follow this path there's effectively "nothing to watch," so I cancel.

by poink 3y ago

sleepybrett 3y ago

Netflix does a remarkably poor job of advertising their own shows. Maybe if I kept the service around more I would know more about their shows, though I tend to get really annoyed when they do autoplay trailers in a banner at the top of their UI. Having liked the books quite a bit I came to Altered Carbon a season late because I just didn't know that they made it. Honestly right now I couldn't tell you what I might be excited about on netflix the only thing I know is that there will be one more season of stranger things but it was delayed even before the writers strike. Meanwhile HBO/Max/Whatever seems to do a pretty good job, even when the shows are pretty niche. Of course I see advertising for House of the Dragon or any of the big prestige HBO shows, but also for their niche Max based stuff (which seems to be going away a bit..) like Flight Attendant or Doom Patrol.

gscott 3y ago

Some shows need multiple seasons to build viewership they are not getting that on streaming. Disney pulls them off entirely to not have to pay residuals.

acdha 3y ago

It’s especially bad because they are so quick to cancel things that they’re skewing their data to what shut-ins like to binge. If you have kids, a social life, etc. it’s pretty common for something to go from “oh, cool, I should try that after I finish my current show” to canceled.

poink 3y ago
This is my biggest problem. I'd be more than happy to pay for a Netflix subscription, but I just don't have time to watch everything that comes out immediately. There are several shows I've watched the first few episodes of, enjoyed, then got busy. By the time I'm thinking about picking them up again I hear they've been canceled with no actual ending. If they didn't have the viewership to keep going I wouldn't be mad (that's on me, I guess), but if they don't have an ending I'm never going to finish them. I'm happy to pay a subscription fee for months I'm too busy to use it (which seems ideal from a streaming provider's cost/benefit perspective), but if most of your shows follow this path there's effectively "nothing to watch," so I cancel.