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"Netflix is shit". "No one watches Netflix anymore". "They cancel all the good shows". "There's nothing worth watching anyways". "Banning account sharing was a
by paxys 3y ago
"Netflix is shit". "No one watches Netflix anymore". "They cancel all the good shows". "There's nothing worth watching anyways". "Banning account sharing was a boneheaded move and everyone is going to cancel because of it". "Netflix is worse than cable now".
Also:
> Netflix tops Wall Street revenue estimates and adds a record 13.1 million subscribers in the last quarter.
At some point all the terminally online people on places like Reddit and HN have to realize that they don't represent the general population.
- passwordoops 3y agoYou have to be nuanced about those numbers. My parents, who are definitely not Redditors and were concerned that I frequent news page for Hackers, have gotten into the habit of cycling through the streamers every few months. How many of those 13.1 M are genuinely new versus returning subs who will cancel in 3-6 months and contribute to Disney+/Prime/Paramount/etc "growth" (again)?
- cudgy 3y ago25% of Netflix subscribers churn every year, so they have to reacquire all their customers every 4 years. Other streaming services like Starz have 100% customer churn per year! Tough business.