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It works for music. Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music. They all have pretty much the full catalog that most people are looking for. In the video world however

It works for music. Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music. They all have pretty much the full catalog that most people are looking for. In the video world however, we have dozens of providers. Why is that? Also, it used to work like that in the early days of Netflix. But then everyone and their dog wanted their own streaming portal (for video) and here we are.

cameldrv 1y ago
Not to mention the amount of stuff that's simply unavailable. I remember fondly the original Netflix where they mailed you DVDs. They really had almost everything. I was watching all kinds of weird art movies and such. Now someone will mention some interesting film to me and I can't find it streaming anywhere except pirate sites.
NoMoreNicksLeft 11mo ago
Music relies on antique policy the likes of which will never happen again. Even then, newer performers (being exempt from said policy) constantly refuse to allow their music on Spotify, it makes the headlines multiple times a year. With music dying, it's all moot anyway. >Also, it used to work like that in the early days of Netflix Back when producers thought Netflix was some sort of joke that would soon blow over. Now that they realize that it's the only way forward, they don't want to be on Netflix, they want to *BE* Netflix. And so it can't work anymore. And you wouldn't want that anyway. Netflix doesn't fund any of their own shows longer than 2 years, and that's for their own. Why the hell would they fund some other producer's show for longer, what with the added overhead of it being NIH? "Netflix with everything" would be the Soviet cornucopia of television.
- danielbln 11mo ago
  That's cool and all, but as a consumer I don't care about any of that. I want a single source for all of it, it's not my job to make that happen. They can haggle it out internally for all I care.

cameldrv 1y ago

Not to mention the amount of stuff that's simply unavailable. I remember fondly the original Netflix where they mailed you DVDs. They really had almost everything. I was watching all kinds of weird art movies and such. Now someone will mention some interesting film to me and I can't find it streaming anywhere except pirate sites.

NoMoreNicksLeft 11mo ago

Music relies on antique policy the likes of which will never happen again. Even then, newer performers (being exempt from said policy) constantly refuse to allow their music on Spotify, it makes the headlines multiple times a year. With music dying, it's all moot anyway. >Also, it used to work like that in the early days of Netflix Back when producers thought Netflix was some sort of joke that would soon blow over. Now that they realize that it's the only way forward, they don't want to be on Netflix, they want to *BE* Netflix. And so it can't work anymore. And you wouldn't want that anyway. Netflix doesn't fund any of their own shows longer than 2 years, and that's for their own. Why the hell would they fund some other producer's show for longer, what with the added overhead of it being NIH? "Netflix with everything" would be the Soviet cornucopia of television.

danielbln 11mo ago
That's cool and all, but as a consumer I don't care about any of that. I want a single source for all of it, it's not my job to make that happen. They can haggle it out internally for all I care.