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Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by JohnHaugeland »

qeternity wrote: post #16
sys_64738 wrote: post #14

The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. Netflix can’t increase subs anymore as who would subscribe have already and luxuries are first to go in a depressed economy. So you look for the next low hanging fruit to launder.

> The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. I don’t really understand these comments. Do you think Netflix is a charity? “Endless pursuit of revenue” is how they stay in business, employing people and yes, generating profits to shareholders. Imagine turning this same thinking around at other groups I’d imagine you sympathize with like unionizing workers: “In their endless pursuit of revenue, workers have d…

Who doesn't sympathize with unionizing workers?

Anyway, what they meant was "chasing short term profit bumps unwisely at the expense of long term satisfaction due to temporary economic stress"

Re: Netflix Homes

#42

Post by frognumber »

GeekyBear wrote: post #15

I have a friend who is a divorced father, and the only two people on his account are himself and his son, who don't live in the same household. Divorce is fairly common, and coming on top of another recent price hike, they are going to be shedding customers.

Goodness. The number of products which explicitly discriminate against divorced families (or foreigners, for that matter) is astronomical. It's like pouring salt on a wound.

Re: Netflix Homes

#43

Post by mikkergp »

qeternity wrote: post #16
sys_64738 wrote: post #14

The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. Netflix can’t increase subs anymore as who would subscribe have already and luxuries are first to go in a depressed economy. So you look for the next low hanging fruit to launder.

> The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. I don’t really understand these comments. Do you think Netflix is a charity? “Endless pursuit of revenue” is how they stay in business, employing people and yes, generating profits to shareholders. Imagine turning this same thinking around at other groups I’d imagine you sympathize with like unionizing workers: “In their endless pursuit of revenue, workers have d…

Yes all companies seek profits. All employees want more money. But all else being equally I support businesses that talk about what they can do for me, not what I can do for them. Same goes for employees I want to hire. I will happily pay money for someone to enthusiastically provide me a service. I will not be happy when that service declines and they respond by trying to nickel and dime me.

The two pieces of news I’ve heard about Netflix this year are stranger things season 4 is coming out and this. Why do I want to support a business who’s major contribution to the media landscape for 2022 is a new customer-hostile billing model?

Re: Netflix Homes

#44

Post by frognumber »

In 2000, everyone I knew pirated content because official platforms were broken, and piracy was more convenient and worked better.

In 2010 everyone I knew paid their media tax through Netflix or a similar provider since paid services were more convenient than piracy, and things just worked.

Somehow, in the past 2-5 years, piracy is quickly moving back as the more convenient option.

The core problem with entertainment is you're paying for fun. Spending hours fighting with broken service is not fun. Increasingly, these services provide negative value to me.

Re: Netflix Homes

#45

Post by mikkergp »

qeternity wrote: post #13

Genuine question to commenters that are poopooing this: why? Price hikes are annoying, and the content quality has been decaying recently, but those are separate issues. Why shouldn’t Netflix seek to clamp down on account sharing? This seems to strike a nice balance that makes it easy to continue sharing, and not disrupt existing profiles, etc whilst charging a small premium for the privilege.

They’re not really separate issues. On some level we’re supporting a company vision and direction. Right now that direction says “we’re going to try and eek out every last dollar and we don’t care about the quality of our content”. I think this would be a different story if most of their energy was focused on creating a compelling product. “Look at all this great media were building as part of a completing vision and we have to raise prices to accommodate is a different narrative than “everything sucks and we don’t care give us more money”

Re: Netflix Homes

#47

Post by foogazi »

frognumber wrote: post #44

In 2000, everyone I knew pirated content because official platforms were broken, and piracy was more convenient and worked better. In 2010 everyone I knew paid their media tax through Netflix or a similar provider since paid services were more convenient than piracy, and things just worked. Somehow, in the past 2-5 years, piracy is quickly moving back as the more convenient option. The core problem with entertainment…

> Spending hours fighting with broken service is not fun.

Do you spend hours fighting with Netflix or Prime ?

How are the online media services broken for you ?

Re: Netflix Homes

#48

Post by foogazi »

freedom2099 wrote: post #29

So… I have 8 weeks of vacation a year… does this mean I won’t be able to use my account for 6 of these weeks? What about going to my vacation home during weekends? I do it multiple times a month… why should I pay more for accessing Netflix from a different address? If they start this bullshit in my country they will loose a 10 years loyal customer playing for premium 4K streaming. I have as well prime, Disney+ And Ap…

> What about going to my vacation home during weekends?

Maybe they think you can afford it

Re: Netflix Homes

#49

Post by foogazi »

GeekyBear wrote: post #15

I have a friend who is a divorced father, and the only two people on his account are himself and his son, who don't live in the same household. Divorce is fairly common, and coming on top of another recent price hike, they are going to be shedding customers.

Mom doesn’t watch Netflix ?

Re: Netflix Homes

#50

Post by jacknews »

foogazi wrote: post #47
frognumber wrote: post #44

In 2000, everyone I knew pirated content because official platforms were broken, and piracy was more convenient and worked better. In 2010 everyone I knew paid their media tax through Netflix or a similar provider since paid services were more convenient than piracy, and things just worked. Somehow, in the past 2-5 years, piracy is quickly moving back as the more convenient option. The core problem with entertainment…

> Spending hours fighting with broken service is not fun. Do you spend hours fighting with Netflix or Prime ? How are the online media services broken for you ?

For a start, you now have to sign up to several services to get all the content.

And stuff just disappears.

This space is going to be broken, just like messaging. Some things call for an enforced interoperability standard.

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