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> unsustainable I got the impression all the major streaming players made significant profits and grew substantially over the past decade. Does "unsustainable

> unsustainable I got the impression all the major streaming players made significant profits and grew substantially over the past decade. Does "unsustainable" just mean they weren't making as much cash as they wanted to?

matwood 3y ago
Netflix is about the only one making money. Disney+, Hulu, Time Warner, etc... are all losing a lot of money on their streaming ventures. Expect to see consolidation incoming. The strikes also helped since it gave them cover to cut a lot of costs.
- tharkun__ 3y ago
  Honestly that would be awesome if the studios were forced to make their content all available on Netflix again like they used to. Netflix is o ly really problematic because the studios all had $$$ signs in their eyes and pulled their stuff to make their own streaming service. I was perfectly happy paying Netflix every month. But I'm not paying Amazon, Disney, Apple, Hulu and whoknowsehatelse on top of Netflix.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    would it be? Then it'd just be netflix calling all the shots, controlling what is and isn't on TV, and free to price gouge as they have already been doing with the rest of them. It'd be Youtube all over again. Ask Youtube content creators how they are treated by Google. We have a story here today of someone uploading public domain content, being struck by copyright claims, reinstated, and then hit by a different company within 24 hours.
    - tharkun__ 3y ago
      If Netflix was basically just the broadcaster like say a movie theater but streaming online I do think it would be OK yes. Maybe have another broadcaster or two but not actually hide content behind 7 different ones with a completely non overlapping set of exclusive content so that I have to subscribe to all of them. It's better than the "studios" controlling everything. Think Paramount ruling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_P.... Basically we need a paramount ruling for streaming. Instead of what they are actually currently doing which is to revert it.
  - matwood 3y ago
    I doubt it will go back to Netflix, but we'll see Netflix plus a couple other big players.

matwood 3y ago

Netflix is about the only one making money. Disney+, Hulu, Time Warner, etc... are all losing a lot of money on their streaming ventures. Expect to see consolidation incoming. The strikes also helped since it gave them cover to cut a lot of costs.

tharkun__ 3y ago
Honestly that would be awesome if the studios were forced to make their content all available on Netflix again like they used to. Netflix is o ly really problematic because the studios all had $$$ signs in their eyes and pulled their stuff to make their own streaming service. I was perfectly happy paying Netflix every month. But I'm not paying Amazon, Disney, Apple, Hulu and whoknowsehatelse on top of Netflix.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  would it be? Then it'd just be netflix calling all the shots, controlling what is and isn't on TV, and free to price gouge as they have already been doing with the rest of them. It'd be Youtube all over again. Ask Youtube content creators how they are treated by Google. We have a story here today of someone uploading public domain content, being struck by copyright claims, reinstated, and then hit by a different company within 24 hours.
  - tharkun__ 3y ago
    If Netflix was basically just the broadcaster like say a movie theater but streaming online I do think it would be OK yes. Maybe have another broadcaster or two but not actually hide content behind 7 different ones with a completely non overlapping set of exclusive content so that I have to subscribe to all of them. It's better than the "studios" controlling everything. Think Paramount ruling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_P.... Basically we need a paramount ruling for streaming. Instead of what they are actually currently doing which is to revert it.
- matwood 3y ago
  I doubt it will go back to Netflix, but we'll see Netflix plus a couple other big players.