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The children at my children's preschool seem to be split into Netflix master race and Prime peasants.
When there are too many options it's becoming too much of an hassle to actually choose something
Just think on yourself getting into a restaurant with a massive menu, choosing a dish will be hard
on the other hand, a pop up restaurant with 3 dishes will make the dinner much more fun for everyone (that's from my expirience at least)
Streaming "choices"? It's fragmentation and rent-seeking behavior. It is simply a case of the supply not meeting the demand at a reasonable price point, when there is an alternative.
Two reasons:
1. People only have so much money.
2. When people compare it to what they used to payit seems unfair. People complain when gas prices increases by a few percent, no wonder they complain when they suddenly have to pay twice or even three times for the same content they used to pay one low monthly fee from.
Oh, and they probably also compare to Spotify.
I see three ways this market can work that immediately feels fair to me:
- all you can eat/listen/watch (Spotify model)
- pay per view but a lot lower than today. (Can work even with multiple streaming sites.)
- a hybrid approach where you pay for a number of monthly credits that works (should be somewhat cheaper than the Spotify model)
No "no true free market" comments, please.
"May" drive them back? This has already happened in my circles.. People who had cut the cord but all but walked away from casual piracy and signed up for Netflix and HBO (and probably Prime Video because they had Amazon Prime already) are openly talking about the fact they're definitely not signing up for more streaming services, and are seeking out torrenting again for the stuff that's being pulled from Netflix (esp…
In 2003, people said that the iTunes music store was going to be a disaster. Who would pay to download music when they could get it for free. That worked out pretty well.
The children at my children's preschool seem to be split into Netflix master race and Prime peasants.
In my surroundings there are a lot of kids and teens who only watch YouTube (and Twitch), while streaming services like Netflix are seen as what "boring older people" would watch. It's very similar to how people in their 30s and 40s perceive cable these days.
"May" drive them back? This has already happened in my circles.. People who had cut the cord but all but walked away from casual piracy and signed up for Netflix and HBO (and probably Prime Video because they had Amazon Prime already) are openly talking about the fact they're definitely not signing up for more streaming services, and are seeking out torrenting again for the stuff that's being pulled from Netflix (esp…
Just change provider every 3 months to a different one, then binge it all.
Maybe a service that automatically deactivates your account at the best point in the billing-cycle? If you could do it without too much overlap you could actually do it on a monthly basis:
Jan - Netflix
Feb - Disney+
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