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People don't want to pay a monthly subscription to watch 5 good shows (all drama, btw). Apple TV lacks breadth for the average consumer, at least relative to th

by beejiu 2y ago

People don't want to pay a monthly subscription to watch 5 good shows (all drama, btw). Apple TV lacks breadth for the average consumer, at least relative to the competition.

tra3 2y ago
It’s so funny, when Netflix got going streaming it was a revolution. Getting away from paying tons of cash to cable providers. Now we are right back to where we are started. I signed up to sportsnet to watch nhl games, but guess what? Amazon prime has exclusive rights to some games! So I gotta have two subscriptions. Truly piracy is easier. Enshitification intensifies.
- dogma1138 2y ago
  Netflix was unique it basically was a repeat of the early days of cable. When cable came about it had access to a massive library of content that people didn’t know how or well couldn’t effectively monetize due to the fact that you had only limited number of channels and thus didn’t knew what it was actually worth. You used to have 100’s of channels on basic cable that all now could broadcast 50+ years of TV and film content. Cable broke through the bandwidth limit which at the time was basically the number of channels available. Instead of the 20 or so channels that were possible on broadcast TV you had 100’s. Once people realized what their library was worth and how relatively cheap it was to setup your own cable channel things turned and we got premium cable. Streaming was the same it basically took out the time multiplexing out of the equation completely. However as just like cable it was an unproven business model especially when Netflix came to the scene people weren’t sure if it was worth the investment so Netflix had effectively a monopoly on a vast library of content which it licensed for pennies on the dollar. Once it proved that the model is viable all the content holders jumped on the bandwagon. We will never have another Netflix moment as the most likely next big jump in entertainment is most likely bespoke or at least viewer tailored AI generated content.
kristianp 2y ago
Don't forget about binging. You can subscribe for a month and watch all the episodes of a show in a few weeks/days. If it's one show I might be tempted to torrent it, but being able to watch on whatever device I have near me is very useful.
frizlab 2y ago
Non-drama good shows (IMHO) from Apple TV+ include but are not limited to Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, Trying, Schmigadoon (this one is weird though). Anyways YMMV as usual.

by beejiu 2y ago

People don't want to pay a monthly subscription to watch 5 good shows (all drama, btw). Apple TV lacks breadth for the average consumer, at least relative to the competition.

tra3 2y ago

It’s so funny, when Netflix got going streaming it was a revolution. Getting away from paying tons of cash to cable providers. Now we are right back to where we are started. I signed up to sportsnet to watch nhl games, but guess what? Amazon prime has exclusive rights to some games! So I gotta have two subscriptions. Truly piracy is easier. Enshitification intensifies.

dogma1138 2y ago
Netflix was unique it basically was a repeat of the early days of cable. When cable came about it had access to a massive library of content that people didn’t know how or well couldn’t effectively monetize due to the fact that you had only limited number of channels and thus didn’t knew what it was actually worth. You used to have 100’s of channels on basic cable that all now could broadcast 50+ years of TV and film content. Cable broke through the bandwidth limit which at the time was basically the number of channels available. Instead of the 20 or so channels that were possible on broadcast TV you had 100’s. Once people realized what their library was worth and how relatively cheap it was to setup your own cable channel things turned and we got premium cable. Streaming was the same it basically took out the time multiplexing out of the equation completely. However as just like cable it was an unproven business model especially when Netflix came to the scene people weren’t sure if it was worth the investment so Netflix had effectively a monopoly on a vast library of content which it licensed for pennies on the dollar. Once it proved that the model is viable all the content holders jumped on the bandwagon. We will never have another Netflix moment as the most likely next big jump in entertainment is most likely bespoke or at least viewer tailored AI generated content.

kristianp 2y ago

Don't forget about binging. You can subscribe for a month and watch all the episodes of a show in a few weeks/days. If it's one show I might be tempted to torrent it, but being able to watch on whatever device I have near me is very useful.

frizlab 2y ago

Non-drama good shows (IMHO) from Apple TV+ include but are not limited to Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, Trying, Schmigadoon (this one is weird though). Anyways YMMV as usual.