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This is why I think maybe NFLX wins in the mid term .. they have perfected the art of churning out mid content with no name actors. Meanwhile the newer streame

This is why I think maybe NFLX wins in the mid term .. they have perfected the art of churning out mid content with no name actors. Meanwhile the newer streamers are all licensing expensive / paying big name actors / etc to try to create prestige content no one actually pays a premium to watch.

brandall10 3y ago
Oof... I guess NFLX knows their business better than anybody, but I'm one of those that killed my sub a year back due to this. It seems there are quite a few of us, but we may be less in number than those who are just looking for any random thing that 'fits' them according to an algorithm, quality be damned. All this said... what did they pay Will Smith again for that horrible sci-fi schlock? I see it's $20M, and supposedly it was going to be $35M for the aborted sequel.
- steveBK123 3y ago
  I think NFLX tried the big budget all-star thing and gave up on it earlier than the rest. That Will Smith sci-fi thing was 7 years ago. None of the rest took note of that..
  - brandall10 3y ago
    As noted above though, the sequel was in the works and he was slated to be paid nearly double for that effort. This is a fairly isolated case though.
- PKop 3y ago
  I think there's a significant number of people cancelling https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38846097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38846097
  - steveBK123 3y ago
    Nonetheless, NFLX is the only streamer actually making money. The rest are losing money to the tune of Billions per year.
nozzlegear 3y ago
I don't know if I'm the only one who finds it odd to see people use stock market identifiers instead of company names in normal conversation, but seeing NFLX instead of Netflix made me think the NFL [1] had expanded their own streaming game and was getting into content creation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League
skeeter2020 3y ago
...or small market "prestige" products with once-were actors

brandall10 3y ago

Oof... I guess NFLX knows their business better than anybody, but I'm one of those that killed my sub a year back due to this. It seems there are quite a few of us, but we may be less in number than those who are just looking for any random thing that 'fits' them according to an algorithm, quality be damned. All this said... what did they pay Will Smith again for that horrible sci-fi schlock? I see it's $20M, and supposedly it was going to be $35M for the aborted sequel.

steveBK123 3y ago
I think NFLX tried the big budget all-star thing and gave up on it earlier than the rest. That Will Smith sci-fi thing was 7 years ago. None of the rest took note of that..
- brandall10 3y ago
  As noted above though, the sequel was in the works and he was slated to be paid nearly double for that effort. This is a fairly isolated case though.
PKop 3y ago
I think there's a significant number of people cancelling https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38846097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38846097
- steveBK123 3y ago
  Nonetheless, NFLX is the only streamer actually making money. The rest are losing money to the tune of Billions per year.

nozzlegear 3y ago

I don't know if I'm the only one who finds it odd to see people use stock market identifiers instead of company names in normal conversation, but seeing NFLX instead of Netflix made me think the NFL [1] had expanded their own streaming game and was getting into content creation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League

skeeter2020 3y ago

...or small market "prestige" products with once-were actors