Anyone else tired of the greedy cash grabs? If they haven't figured out a sustainable model to run their business without punishing the consumer of media, I no longer want to be their end product.
Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown as subscribers fall
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#32They have more competitors than ever before. They raised prices. They planned to crackdown on their subs. They do crackdown on vpns. They haven't made the 'black ukrainian falling in love with trans russian soldier' movie yet. Netflix is going to lose a ton more subs until they make that movie.
Hahah
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#33Streaming companies just can’t help themselves. There’s Disney+, Netflix, HBO Max, Paramount+, Hulu, ESPN+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, and I think Peacock (for now?). The industry self-own is hilarious. It’s easier to just pirate or rent than deal with this many random services. And Netflix just keeps dumping out algorithmically generated focus grouped content. There is plenty of good content on Netflix but not enough t…
I'm not sure I understand how you think this is an "industry self-own", or why you find it hilarious. Presumably, these companies are taking this approach because they realized they stand to make more money by creating their own streaming service and leveraging their catalogs than outsourcing them.
Those that stay in business are presumably making quite a lot of money. The only people getting "owned" here are consumers.
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#34For me, Netflix needs higher quality content. More creative risky shows like the OA, Altered Carbon, Love, Death & Robots, Black Mirror and more old HBO style content… quality vs factory cookie cutter produced stuff trying to satisfy the lowest common denominator, because then you will satisfy no one. Maybe they have good shows I just don't know about. Their recommendation system seems to be crap. I browse for 20 min…
Re: Altered Carbon. How come the first season was awesome and got me to read the books. The second season was so bad I stopped watching it after a few episodes.
And yes, I just checked and I had the Premium plan. Just downgraded to standard.
Indeed, well done netflix.
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#35Honestly, I share with my Mom but she would never pay for her own account anyway. I don't use Netflix much myself so I'd probably cancel if my mom can't use it.
It sounds like you might as well just gift your mother a subscription and not use one yourself.
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#36For me, Netflix needs higher quality content. More creative risky shows like the OA, Altered Carbon, Love, Death & Robots, Black Mirror and more old HBO style content… quality vs factory cookie cutter produced stuff trying to satisfy the lowest common denominator, because then you will satisfy no one. Maybe they have good shows I just don't know about. Their recommendation system seems to be crap. I browse for 20 min…
I'm assuming by 'Dark Mirror' you mean 'Black Mirror', and not 'Dark'? Well, Black Mirror was actually created by Charlie Brooker and his production company Endemol for Channel 4 in the UK and simply bought by Netflix once it was already a hit.
Part of the issue is that many of what Netflix calls "Originals" are the opposite of that and I think it can be confusing for viewers when you throw them into the same bucket as the actual Netflix productions such as The Crown, Stranger Things, Ozark, etc. These are the risky shows, because they had to go out on a limb to green-light them, whereas many of their other "Originals" are actually just acquired and existing successful franchises.
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#37Already downgraded my Netflix account this year because the quality and selection has fallen off a cliff. Next step will be to cancel it outright. It's becoming increasingly clear which direction Netflix is headed and it's not a good one.
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#38For me, Netflix needs higher quality content. More creative risky shows like the OA, Altered Carbon, Love, Death & Robots, Black Mirror and more old HBO style content… quality vs factory cookie cutter produced stuff trying to satisfy the lowest common denominator, because then you will satisfy no one. Maybe they have good shows I just don't know about. Their recommendation system seems to be crap. I browse for 20 min…
I'm assuming by 'Dark Mirror' you mean 'Black Mirror', and not 'Dark'? Well, Black Mirror was actually created by Charlie Brooker and his production company Endemol for Channel 4 in the UK and simply bought by Netflix once it was already a hit. Part of the issue is that many of what Netflix calls "Originals" are the opposite of that and I think it can be confusing for viewers when you throw them into the same bucket…
Ha, yes - thanks for the correction. Updated.
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#39I share a Netflix account with 3 other people.
We’re on the biggest plan. Would not even consider subscribing if I had to pay it alone.
Sharing keeps me subscribed. Often I don’t watch something on Netflix for weeks - but cause I only pay 1/4 I don’t mind.
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#40One of the things that goes unmentioned in these articles is the absolutely horrible UX in the app--why does every movie I consider have to start playing at 110dB as soon as I browse to it? I have to steel myself to open the AppleTV app (or mute my TV) to browse through their collection. Then there's the horrid algorithmically-generated posters for each movie...