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Market share matters little when most people have multiple streaming services they use simultaneously. It’s not like Apple and Google where the majority of peo

Market share matters little when most people have multiple streaming services they use simultaneously. It’s not like Apple and Google where the majority of people either have an Android or iOS based phone. YouTube I believe has more viewing hours than Netflix.

array_key_first 11mo ago
But none of the streaming services are competing because they don't offer the same products, by design. Nobody is switching from Apple TV to Netflix because they don't share any shows - they buy both.
- lotsofpulp 11mo ago
  So? I also go to two different restaurants to buy different food, or two different websites to buy two different things, or fly two different airlines to go to two different places, etc.
  - array_key_first 11mo ago
    Not the same, those directly compete. We all know IP doesn't work like this. If you say you want Mexican food and I say Restaurant X is closed but we can go to Y, that's probably fine. If you say you want to watch ratatouille and I say no, but we can watch ratatouing, which is 2 bucks at the DVD graveyard bin at Walmart, you'll say no.
    - lotsofpulp 11mo ago
      Sounds like you are arguing for shorter copyright terms. Surely, if I make a movie, I should have the right to sell it.
      - array_key_first 11mo ago
        > Sounds like you are arguing for shorter copyright terms. I mean, yes? We know that copyright leads to anti-competitive behavior because that's literally why we invented it. So when people tell you that obviously media is not a free market, you shouldnt be surprised. It was designed that way and anybody will tell you that.
edfletcher_t137 11mo ago
> YouTube I believe has more viewing hours than Netflix. Yep by a significant margin in fact https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/streaming-reaches-historic-tv-milestone-eclipses-combined-broadcast-and-cable-viewing-for-first-time/ https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/streaming-reaches-h...

array_key_first 11mo ago

But none of the streaming services are competing because they don't offer the same products, by design. Nobody is switching from Apple TV to Netflix because they don't share any shows - they buy both.

lotsofpulp 11mo ago
So? I also go to two different restaurants to buy different food, or two different websites to buy two different things, or fly two different airlines to go to two different places, etc.
- array_key_first 11mo ago
  Not the same, those directly compete. We all know IP doesn't work like this. If you say you want Mexican food and I say Restaurant X is closed but we can go to Y, that's probably fine. If you say you want to watch ratatouille and I say no, but we can watch ratatouing, which is 2 bucks at the DVD graveyard bin at Walmart, you'll say no.
  - lotsofpulp 11mo ago
    Sounds like you are arguing for shorter copyright terms. Surely, if I make a movie, I should have the right to sell it.
    - array_key_first 11mo ago
      > Sounds like you are arguing for shorter copyright terms. I mean, yes? We know that copyright leads to anti-competitive behavior because that's literally why we invented it. So when people tell you that obviously media is not a free market, you shouldnt be surprised. It was designed that way and anybody will tell you that.

edfletcher_t137 11mo ago

> YouTube I believe has more viewing hours than Netflix. Yep by a significant margin in fact https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/streaming-reaches-historic-tv-milestone-eclipses-combined-broadcast-and-cable-viewing-for-first-time/ https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/streaming-reaches-h...