I feel like many of the issues people are complaining about here would instantly dissapear if there was regulation preventing content producers and content distributors be the same entity. There's even precedent for a similar thing in USA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_P....
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#322I really dislike how every corporate communication regarding an “update” now means “here’s how we’re making things worse for you.” I know honesty has never really been the fundamental value of public relations initiatives, but it would be refreshing to occasionally see a company saying that they’re putting the squeeze on customers because they need to protect their margins or even just because they can. The formerly-…
There was an internal joke / meme at Google that any announcement starting with "An update on X" == we are killing X, to the point that if someone was sending their resignation email the subject line of the email would be "An update on " - https://blog.chromium.org/2023/05/an-update-on-lock-icon.htm... - https://blogger.googleblog.com/2019/01/an-update-on-google-a... - https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2015/0…
My current favorite corp speak is “we can’t wait to share it with you”. Seems like it’s in literally every product announcement. At least this one is positive
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> at a time their content selection doesn't look as amazing as it once did I feel like Netflix is seasonal. Just like Disney+ and HBO. Come fall Netflix will debut a bunch of viral bangers, and by February you'll be questioning if Netflix is worth it again.
Netflix's selection doesn't really have the staying power of HBO's selection. HBO has some all-time classics that will be watched and discussed for decades, not just months. Sopranos is still discussed and rewatched and memed. Same with The Wire. I feel that Netflix's offerings are hot for a few months, then fade from public memory.
This is my observation too. I only watch some Netflix viral hits just so I know the memes and references.
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> That trick only works once and then they're right back to where they were with zero growth Yep, it just kicks the can down the road, but it might kick it ten years down the road. One of Netflix's big problems is that they're really just HBO, but with more subscribers. As we're both talking about, they have some limits on their growth. At the same time, people have generally thought of them like a tech company. > Ne…
You can sidestep the "growth trap" if you can become a utility. Disney+ could do that, they have a huge backlog of children's content and people will pay for "the digital babysitter". All they need to do is buy cocomelon and pinkfong and they'd rule the upcoming generation. But if your content sucks, then a competitor can eat your lunch by having good content.
You can't afford to buy the most effective content either, if you don't push yourself into a strong position.
Even at Disney, it seems like the Disney Plus team is struggling to maintain the company-wide financial support it needs to grow large enough to be profitable.
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#325I really dislike how every corporate communication regarding an “update” now means “here’s how we’re making things worse for you.” I know honesty has never really been the fundamental value of public relations initiatives, but it would be refreshing to occasionally see a company saying that they’re putting the squeeze on customers because they need to protect their margins or even just because they can. The formerly-…
Selection bias, negative news is shared more.