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Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by 0x500x79 »

mpalczewski wrote: post #473
cercatrova wrote: post #101

It's easier just to pirate than keep up with all these streaming services. - You get the benefit of high quality (true 4k, not stream compressed "4k") and no buffering. - Plex, Radarr, Sonarr automatically downloads and categorizes your content for you, you can just sit back and enjoy your content. - Edit: Plex et al are not the *only* ways to download content, not sure why some replies are thinking so. I too can typ…

> It's easier just to pirate than keep up with all these streaming services. It really isn't and it's only cheaper if you don't put much value on your time. Radarr and Sonarr don't do anything automatically. Setting them up takes more time than they are worth. I tried installing them. Most would describe me as technically savvy, but I just gave up. example issues. Here's the quick start guide. https://wiki.servarr.co…

I don't think I agree with this level of negativity around plex, radarr, and sonarr. Using a seedbox provider and all of these things are setup and don't need any additional tinkering. You are right that the indexer is probably the least friendly part, but set it up once and it keeps working for over 6 months at a time.

Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by vdfs »

paxys wrote: post #800
nine_k wrote: post #778

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I wonder why the market reacted so harshly though, with NFLX losing 1/3 last Wednesday ($347 to $215).

The market reacted because a much higher subscriber growth was factored into the price. After the massive drop Netflix is still worth $100B and is one of the largest media companies out there, which is nothing to scoff at.

The forecast was to add ~2M subscribers, instead they lost 200K

Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by scrollaway »

jonny_eh wrote: post #823
scrollaway wrote: post #710

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YouTube has the best recommendation system in the world. Of course it gets lots of complaints. But the amount of fantastic content it has consistently recommended for me, including even pretty small channels, is incredible. A few points though: 1. I find YouTube to be good for general educational content. I don’t know if it’s as good for specific niches of entertainment. 2. It’s not just plug and play. You need to ac…

Visit https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending for the non-personalized alternative, based on currently popular videos in your country.

Yeesh. I didn't know about that page. I'm glad I have a customized feed.

Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by uf00lme »

davidw wrote: post #712
jbverschoor wrote: post #688

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The problem with pay per item is that they try to stretch and tretch the amount of items/movies/episodes you watch. Netflix overdid it with making everything a serie. It's super annoying, and I simply don' have the energie to start another serie simply because Netflix's analytics say that it's better for engagement that you have use the serie format instead of a simple movie. It has very little to do with the actual…

I kind of long for the sitcoms of my youth. Something like Night Court, where it's a half an hour of jokes and then you're done . It's nice and relaxing and doesn't try and hook you into watching hours on end.

Netflix have a category called “30-minute laughs”, which might have something for you. Space force wasn’t bad, but that’s about all I’ve found so far.

Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by danudey »

stingraycharles wrote: post #789
jurassic wrote: post #780

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I completely agree. I was only lightly using Netflix so when they last raised prices it was the push I needed to actually cancel. The recent content they've rolled out doesn't justify the heftier price tag compared to competitors. I love the UX of Netflix, but content rules and they're losing that battle. I don't even want to try new shows because of their reputation for cancelling things unceremoniously.

> I don't even want to try new shows because of their reputation for cancelling things unceremoniously Ah, so I’m not alone in this! Nowadays, I typically only consider shows that have at least a few seasons, I will never ever try one with just one season. The chances of them killing it off are just too high, and that would ruin it completely for me. I like to binge watch, I can’t enjoy that when they keep killing of…

It feels like a restaurant where the chef loves creating new dishes and has ADHD and rearranges the menu every time you go. Oh, the prosciutto eggs benny? Yeah, we don't do that anymore, but I can get you a tofu scramble!

I'm rapidly running out of things on Netflix I actually want to see but haven't gotten around to. Once I run out, I'm not sure why I would keep the service around.

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Post by Silhouette »

scarface74 wrote: post #830
Silhouette wrote: post #814

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Many of the big tech stocks are insanely overpriced according to traditional investment measures. The rational reasons to support those prices are expectations of similarly extreme future growth or a belief that it might be a speculative investment but the dollars will keep pouring in. The discussions this week aren't just a wobble, they're about whether Netflix can still generate that kind of extraordinary future gr…

Netflix was never a “Big Tech stock”. It’s revenue was nothing compared to the Microsofts, Apples, Amazon’s and Google’s of the world.

It's literally the N in FAANG, a term that came from the investment world and referred to (at the time) the five tech stocks that had the most impressive performance.

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Post by wallacoloo »

zmmmmm wrote: post #775

All the handwringing over Netflix subscriber loss seems to be overlooking the fact that they raised their prices - significantly. Of course they could lose subscribers from doing that. But 200k subscribers out of 150 million? Combined with the end of the pandemic and sky high inflation meaning many people have less opportunity to watch and less money to spend. The fact they raised their prices something like 20% and…

consumers don’t everywhere react instantly to price changes. the number of lost subscribers is likely to be greater than what you see today as consumers explore alternatives over time and change. though by how much i don’t know. (for example, it pushed me past the edge to install Jellyfin & friends, but i’m keeping Netflix as backup until i’m comfortable/confident with my new setup).

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

assttoasstmgr wrote: post #719
ripe wrote: post #662

It's sad that we cannot own titles but are forced to rent them from these streaming services that can't seem to get their shit together. (Not blaming Netflix per se; this is a pox on all their houses). Used to be nice in the DVD days. I built myself a nice collection then. This was the idea behind digital rights lockers: UltraViolet, which Disney refused to participate in and which closed down in 2019, and its succes…

I still buy hard media (which makes me a Luddite apparently) because I consider it art and refuse to pay for digital media that is allegedly perpetual and then one day it goes missing because the wokes decided it should be memory holed. One of many, many examples: https://screenrant.com/its-always-sunny-blackface-episodes-m... Even things like iTunes Music Store which once claimed that all your past purchases are ava…

>then one day it goes missing because the wokes decided it should be memory holed.

[EDIT: yeah, I can't read. Sorry for missing the example that immediately followed. ]

/ignore: Curious, can you provide any examples of this actually happening?

Re: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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Post by mematic »

Netflix was already willing to alienate users by stooping to conditional joint acquisitions.

Better Call Saul is proudly labeled a "Netflix Original".

But you couldn't watch season five on Netflix until April, even though it originally aired two years ago.

Had to let AMC reair it first, right?

Think season six will air on schedule with AMC in August?

Meanwhile, HBO Max, and Hulu by extension, released The Batman nearly on time with theatres.

It's clear that Netflix simply lacks the content creation supply chain of its competitors.

And no amount of price hikes, ads, excuses, or desperate back-door deals will solve that.

Their greatest hope was to capitalize on successful originals, like Love Death and Robots.

But in three years they've managed to deliver only two season of that show.

Which, even with the pandemic, should have occurred much faster given it's an animated anthology.

I wouldn't be surprised if I woke up one morning to find news of a Sony and/or Paramount buy out.

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