Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
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Re: Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
#2Are these claims actually quantified by any of the companies mentioned in the article?
While there’s no disagreement that “piracy” occurs, I’d love to see refreshed numbers around “potential paying customers” vs “because it’s there but wouldn’t otherwise buy” metrics.
Also, that c&p is lazy and raises an eyebrow.
Re: Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
#3Do they still plan to compete by making their service suck more, through higher prices, more ads, and less content?
I'm so glad I ripped all my DVDs
Re: Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
#4Do they still plan to compete by making their service suck more, through higher prices, more ads, and less content? I'm so glad I ripped all my DVDs
Amen.
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#5The common supposition about video is that convenience makes the price worth it versus piracy. It'll be very interesting to see this unfold. Not only are streaming services in direct competition with a free option, but they'll have actual, real, not-market-inevitable competition for their "exclusively-negotiated" tv.
Re: Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
#6The common supposition about video is that convenience makes the price worth it versus piracy. It'll be very interesting to see this unfold. Not only are streaming services in direct competition with a free option, but they'll have actual, real, not-market-inevitable competition for their "exclusively-negotiated" tv.
Piracy has evolved too; You only need to look at how automated piracy can become; whether its the end of the people buying access to plex, or the automation offered by users of the Servarr stacks /Sonarr/Radarr etc
Netflix invgestment in UX has lead to theUX being valued around piracy, rather than just downloading files from some website.
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#7It's even harder to compete when you don't have the content users want while charging more than ever.
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#8I have found myself pirating more and more.
Netflix and co aren't just losing on the available content and the price, the actual browsing experience is far better on the illegal streaming site I use.
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#9Streaming became popular because it was easier than piracy and better than TV (watch anywhere, on demand, pickup where you left off etc).
Streaming is no longer easier than piracy, why pay for 8 different services and have to waste your time figuring out whats on what when you can just have one service for free, even if its illegal, and have it all under one roof.
The services have taken the piss and now they'll get the repercussions of it.
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#10> Piracy also threatens to damage our business, as its fundamental proposition to consumers is so compelling and difficult to compete against: virtually all content for free,” Netflix writes.
People emphasize the "free" part, but it really is the "all content" part that makes piracy wins.
Especially if you are not in the USA, often specific content isn't available at any price. Even if it is, its split across 5 billion different confusing services.
The killer feature of piracy is thar it just works, not that it is free.