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Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#21
Netflix is finished. They were first to market and built the brand, they were the only people skilled enough to make cloud streaming any good, and they enjoyed their temporary advantage in the market. The rest of the world caught up. It's over.

In terms of their stock, the only reason to ever own a stock is the promise of future cash flow, and yeah they'll probably get there, but bleh.

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#23

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They’re just targeting people who think the ads aren’t a big deal. I know people making massive money who sit through Youtube and Hulu ads. I’m the only person I know who subscribed to Youtube premium it seems. So, plenty of people to target with ads. Even HNers making big bucks.

Ads are their own form of entertainment.

"Workhuman" or whatever it is always amuses me with how freaking tone-deaf the ads are.

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#27

Based on the content of the article, seems obvious they're adding ads to a new lower tier / free tier plan. This is what most if not all competitors do. I don't see the big deal, it's not like they're going to inject ads into the current tiers.

> it's not like they're going to inject ads into the current tiers

They will have a "limited ads" tier to replace "no ads" within 5 years.

People that have extra disposable income to avoid ads are very valuable to advertisers.

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#28
post #27

Based on the content of the article, seems obvious they're adding ads to a new lower tier / free tier plan. This is what most if not all competitors do. I don't see the big deal, it's not like they're going to inject ads into the current tiers.

> it's not like they're going to inject ads into the current tiers They will have a "limited ads" tier to replace "no ads" within 5 years. People that have extra disposable income to avoid ads are very valuable to advertisers.

If they do they are going to lose massively subscribers.

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#29
I'm already on the verge of cancelling Netflix because frankly, their library sucks. I cannot even remember the last time I saw a remotely entertaining original movie, of the hundreds they have. Their shows are a little better, but too few and far between. Seems they've been hedging a lot on poorly dubbed foreign films, again, don't watch.

So yeah, showing even a single ad is just the fire I need to remember to cancel.

Re: Netflix Officially Adding Commercials

#30
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's not like they're going to inject ads into the current tiers They will have a "limited ads" tier to replace "no ads" within 5 years. People that have extra disposable income to avoid ads are very valuable to advertisers.

If they do they are going to lose massively subscribers.

It may depend on how the whole ecosystem evolves: if the competition starts doing similar stuff, then you would have no alternative but to stick with one of them and accept the introduction of ads.

That's the funny thing about oligopoly, you know...

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