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Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

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Post by Ekaros »

jagrsw wrote: post #98
artemonster wrote: post #15

I have loads of friends who started to cancel their netflix subs and went back to piracy because they grew tired of searching for a way to watch something legally. Now its disney, hbo, prime, whatever. Screw all of this.

It's not illegal to download movies/music from the Internet in most jurisdictions I know of (Europe). It doesn't extend to computer programs though (i.e. using them). It's also usually illegal to make copyrighted (materially) media available for others (outside of group of family/friends), so torrents are tricky. But it was quite a success for RIAA/MPAA to stick a label of criminal to everyone who downloads free audi…

Getting prosecuted for downloading material or using it is rather rare. Unless you are a business. But sharing it is really messy which is why I don't really do torrents anymore. Not that I download much anything.

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Post by herodoturtle »

baxtr wrote: post #105

Ok. So FB ends up getting the top spot, which needs to be discounted by the utter hate for the company on HN. (They're called Meta btw) :) But, surprisingly Netflix seems to ending up on second place. I think that's shortsighted and not taking into account how deeply they're integrated into the film production industry by now. It's one thing to build a streaming platform and acquire some customers. It's a whole diffe…

> They're called Meta btw

MANGA

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Post by tyingq »

I thought that Netflix would suffer from their apparent focus on "quantity of shows" over "quality of shows", but it seems to have not hurt them much so far. There are still some good Netflix exclusive shows, but there's some really terrible ones to wade through.

Re: Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

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Post by Hamuko »

jaredsohn wrote: post #123
Hamuko wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But surely it makes more sense to peddle old movies and TV shows because you've already made them. Isn't that why content creation is so lucrative - you make it once and then sell it for years and years?

But at least for Netflix, they didn't make the old content. If you watch content made by the streaming site, it likely costs them less.

Well, streaming services are being balkanized at such a rate that soon most of the content on each service is by the company the runs the service. That is, if it isn't already.

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Post by chrsig »

lbrandy wrote: post #62
ecshafer wrote: post #25

Facebook is currently ahead, but I wonder how much of that is perception. There is a lot of media about how Facebook is evil, but that is mostly from a pretty small circle of media and political people, that Facebook is naturally in opposition to. Facebook also owns instagram and whatsapp as well. But everyone over 30 I know uses Facebook, heavily. Instagram is also used very heavily. Amazon has threats from other E-…

FWIW, I joined HN 14 years ago (wow) and there's never been a time in those 14 years that HN wasn't convinced that facebook's demise was just around the corner.

Can't fault people for wishful thinking

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Post by arcticfox »

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #122
missedthecue wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember when a Netflix subscription was like having Blockbuster inside your living room. Now its mostly just Netflix originals which aren't necessarily bad but maybe not worth it's own subscription every month.

> I remember when a Netflix subscription was like having Blockbuster inside your living room. That's a great exaggeration. There was never a time when you could name a film and expect it to be on Netflix to stream.

The DVD service had pretty much everything as far as I can recall. So streaming + DVD was a pretty complete offering with balanced convenience and catalog.

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Post by stagger87 »

sgt wrote: post #39
artemonster wrote: post #15

I have loads of friends who started to cancel their netflix subs and went back to piracy because they grew tired of searching for a way to watch something legally. Now its disney, hbo, prime, whatever. Screw all of this.

Yeah and have you noticed how the industry doesn't really want you to watch old stuff? Obviously they want to keep peddling new movies and series, so it does make sense, but I think it should be easier to find old classic movies. I often have to resort to torrents for this reason alone.

It seems they are following the McRib model. Taking it off the menu for awhile probably generates more views overall than simply leaving it on all the time. Plus you can license it out to another streaming service while it's off yours.

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Post by [deleted] »

gkoberger wrote: post #131
baxtr wrote: post #105

Ok. So FB ends up getting the top spot, which needs to be discounted by the utter hate for the company on HN. (They're called Meta btw) :) But, surprisingly Netflix seems to ending up on second place. I think that's shortsighted and not taking into account how deeply they're integrated into the film production industry by now. It's one thing to build a streaming platform and acquire some customers. It's a whole diffe…

Google? I think you mean Alphabet ;) I think the problem with Netflix is there's a ceiling. Disney (which owns, like, all the IP out there... not to mention theme parks, sports and countless other things) is worth $288bn and Netflix is somehow worth $291bn!? Sure, Netflix has some decent movies out there... but do you really think their catalogue even begins to touch Disney? Either Disney is undervalued (probably tru…

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Post by physicsguy »

I see Facebook as the one most likely to struggle because, at least in the UK, Facebook the site is disliked by tons of people and is now mostly used day to day by older people. I don’t know anyone that is my age that actively posts on it anymore. Most people only keep it to keep in touch with older family who don’t use anything else. On the other hand, Instagram is very popular and so is WhatsApp.

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Post by KrazyButTrue »

burntoutfire wrote: post #36
propter_hoc wrote: post #4

Netflix's inclusion in this list instead of Microsoft may have been the best investor-relations coup in history.

The list is based on salaries. Microsoft does not reportedly pays as much as FAANGs.

this is simply not true
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