Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
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#2Market saturation, advent of many streaming services, etc. I'd say it was to be expected.
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#3I cancelled my subscription, not because of the price increase, but because the auto-play interface made me stop using the app.
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#4Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20463467
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#5> "Much of our domestic, and eventually global, Disney catalogue, as well as Friends, The Office, and some other licensed content will wind down over the coming years, freeing up budget for more original content," the company said in its statement.
That's got to win the award for "spin of the year."
I think they're in a world of hurt once Disney+ gets rolling. It's great to have a lot of original content but they just can't seem to come up with original content that has the kind of cultural cachet (established over years or in many cases decades) that these sitcoms, Disney movies, etc. have.
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#6I cancelled my subscription, not because of the price increase, but because the auto-play interface made me stop using the app.
FWIW, you can turn off auto play in the settings.
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#8I cancelled my subscription, not because of the price increase, but because the auto-play interface made me stop using the app.
If you canceled because a feature that can easily be disabled, they never had you anyway.
EDIT: If you disagree, care to elaborate?
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#9The content was too liberal leaning and alienated way too many of middle America.
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#10I cancelled my subscription, not because of the price increase, but because the auto-play interface made me stop using the app.
FWIW, you can turn off auto play in the settings.
I think this is a splendid demonstration of what follows when a service goes from good defaults to bad defaults, and leaves you the user to check the box to change it back. FWIW.