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Citation needed; Netflix has a ~$350 billion market cap [0]. Google has one of $2.227 trillion [1], and 10.25% of its revenue is attributed to Youtube revenue.

Citation needed; Netflix has a ~$350 billion market cap [0]. Google has one of $2.227 trillion [1], and 10.25% of its revenue is attributed to Youtube revenue. Since I haven't found a quick reference to youtube's net worth, let's assume it's 10.25% of $2.227T, which is ~$222 billion, making YT smaller than Netflix. [0] https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/nflx/market-cap/ https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/nflx/market-cap/ [1] https://companiesmarketcap.com/alphabet-google/marketcap/ https://companiesmarketcap.com/alphabet-google/marketcap/ [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/289659/youtube-share-of-google-total-ad-revenues/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/289659/youtube-share-of-...

lotsofpulp 2y ago
Regardless of numbers, Netflix is nowhere near as influential as the others. It’s just a website that plays videos, and one can easily live life without it. The other big companies are much harder to avoid, they’re basically infrastructure.
- ghaff 2y ago
  If Netflix closed up shop tomorrow, there'd be a long a thread here, lots of headlines, and lots of whining, but at this point there are a ton of other streaming services and most of us would shrug and move on. Netflix has been on my bubble for a good couple of years and has only marginally kept my monthly subscription. In fact, I'm still somewhat angry at Netflix for wiping out disc rental and then killing their own DVD by mail which was a good source of reliable one+ year old movies.
  - dgfitz 2y ago
    The production quality of any Apple tv show embarrasses a Netflix show. I think Netflix is going to follow its big brother, blockbuster.
    - ghaff 2y ago
      I mean it's all about production companies (and the quality/quantity of licensed content). And Netflix increasingly just doesn't justify a premium price for what it delivers.
- recursive 2y ago
  It's also pretty easy to live life without Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. At least for me. I'm not counting services hosted on AWS. Removing that still leaves Apple and Facebook, which I use not at all, and have no desire to.
  - lupire 2y ago
    Apple and Google are largely alternatives. Almost everyone in USA uses at least one of those two in an extremely dependent way.
    - recursive 2y ago
      Yes. I agree with this, and I think this is a substantial problem. I'm subject to it as well.
  - deleted 2y ago
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wenc 2y ago
In the market cap website, the other companies are in the Top 7. Netflix is 27.
echelon 2y ago
YouTube Ads (not subscriptions) are nearly as big as Netflix's entire revenue: https://theankler.com/p/netflixs-threat-isnt-in-hollywood https://theankler.com/p/netflixs-threat-isnt-in-hollywood https://x.com/EconomyApp/status/1652380729425162241 https://x.com/EconomyApp/status/1652380729425162241 YouTube has an insane moat. Netflix has a half dozen comparable competing services (Prime, Apple, Disney, HBO/Max, etc.)
meekaaku 2y ago
The N should be Nvidia

lotsofpulp 2y ago

Regardless of numbers, Netflix is nowhere near as influential as the others. It’s just a website that plays videos, and one can easily live life without it. The other big companies are much harder to avoid, they’re basically infrastructure.

ghaff 2y ago
If Netflix closed up shop tomorrow, there'd be a long a thread here, lots of headlines, and lots of whining, but at this point there are a ton of other streaming services and most of us would shrug and move on. Netflix has been on my bubble for a good couple of years and has only marginally kept my monthly subscription. In fact, I'm still somewhat angry at Netflix for wiping out disc rental and then killing their own DVD by mail which was a good source of reliable one+ year old movies.
- dgfitz 2y ago
  The production quality of any Apple tv show embarrasses a Netflix show. I think Netflix is going to follow its big brother, blockbuster.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    I mean it's all about production companies (and the quality/quantity of licensed content). And Netflix increasingly just doesn't justify a premium price for what it delivers.
recursive 2y ago
It's also pretty easy to live life without Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. At least for me. I'm not counting services hosted on AWS. Removing that still leaves Apple and Facebook, which I use not at all, and have no desire to.
- lupire 2y ago
  Apple and Google are largely alternatives. Almost everyone in USA uses at least one of those two in an extremely dependent way.
  - recursive 2y ago
    Yes. I agree with this, and I think this is a substantial problem. I'm subject to it as well.
- deleted 2y ago
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wenc 2y ago

In the market cap website, the other companies are in the Top 7. Netflix is 27.

echelon 2y ago

YouTube Ads (not subscriptions) are nearly as big as Netflix's entire revenue: https://theankler.com/p/netflixs-threat-isnt-in-hollywood https://theankler.com/p/netflixs-threat-isnt-in-hollywood https://x.com/EconomyApp/status/1652380729425162241 https://x.com/EconomyApp/status/1652380729425162241 YouTube has an insane moat. Netflix has a half dozen comparable competing services (Prime, Apple, Disney, HBO/Max, etc.)

meekaaku 2y ago

The N should be Nvidia