The golden age of streaming TV is over
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The golden age of streaming TV is over
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Re: The golden age of streaming TV is over
#2It makes some sense, when you have more options than you can handle you just stop thinking. There was this case with stores that sold jars of jam explained by Cialdini which shows that when people meet multiple decisions they often decline them all.
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#3The big takeaway (for me) from this article is that streaming services are actively removing shows from their archives to save on residual payments.
So it's not just about a slowdown in new shows coming out, but also the loss of access to existing shows. For example HBO Max has entirely removed Westworld, a show that's not that old and just completed it's 4th and final season this year.
So the whole idea of "I'll watch this series later when I have time" that came with these large libraries is going away.
Are we heading back to syndication? Or a more generalized version of the "Disney Vault"?
That or this will just send everyone back to piracy.
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#4Hollywood once again going after everything that remotely looks like it might provide in 3, 2, 1 ...
Re: The golden age of streaming TV is over
#5It makes some sense, when you have more options than you can handle you just stop thinking. There was this case with stores that sold jars of jam explained by Cialdini which shows that when people meet multiple decisions they often decline them all.
Interesting.
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#6> Streaming isn't going away, but there will be more ads and higher prices, and we'll have to see what happens to content libraries.
They'll all be available to those who pirate.
When Netflix first started its streaming service it obviously couldn't compete when it came to the amount of content, but it did a fantastic job competing in terms of convenience. This is gone now. Netflix and all others are competing with each other now. They all have their own subscription, their own crappy apps, login forms, VPN blocking mechanisms and whatnot. It's a nightmare. Maybe they'll offer something better in the future when they notice that they're not really competing with other legal streaming services anymore but with piracy.
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#7My wife and I don't watch a ton of tv, but even with our couple of streaming services one can see how the bill starts to creep towards what traditional cable costs. I can't imagine watching commercials ever again.
I still think the og (Hbo) has the winning combination.
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#8I look forward to paying for value myself, instead of taking it from future subscribers.
The more money the streaming companies charge, the more they can spend on bigger productions.
Imagine the level of content you could produce if every subscriber paid $50?
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#9There was a period of about 8-10 years where I didn't think much about pirating content but recently I find myself leaning more towards the dark side because it is cheaper, quicker and more convenient.
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#10I think many good things come to an end when companies that operated at a loss in pursuit of growth need to revert to sustainable economics