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They pivoted over ten years ago to literally “become HBO” and while that was a pretty weak vision, I think they succeeded.
by iwontberude 3y ago
They pivoted over ten years ago to literally “become HBO” and while that was a pretty weak vision, I think they succeeded.
- airstrike 3y agoIf by "become HBO" you mean become as bad as the current state of HBO, sure, in which 99% of the content is trash but there's a show or two that are still decent. Tragically most Netflix originals are hot garbage. I'm repeatedly amazed at how BAD television is today. I guess I pay for Netflix because every so often there's a show like The Crown which is actually commendable, even if I don't strictly love it.
- jeromegv 3y agoThey didn't really have a choice. They knew everyone else would eventually create their own streaming service for their own content, so they needed content of their own.
- iwontberude 3y agoThey did have a choice to create a platform to commoditize other streaming services by creating a hardware platform for the living room, but instead they figured they had a better chance at playing in the smaller content creation market. Netflix could have kept and built Roku and at this point been in a better long term position with more categories of entertainment.