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Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by svachalek » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

jerf wrote: post #407

mikeryan wrote: post #313

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When Reed Hasting left and Ted Sarandos took over he had a bit of power shakeup and handed over the content reins to Bela Bajaria - who was brought in to head up international over Cindy Holland who was in charge of US content. Holland had brought in House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Crown, Ozark and Narcos. Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content w…

"Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content while Bajaria was more focused on "get all the content, throw it all at the wall and see what sticks" (who saw "Squid Games" coming?)." I think the root problem is that no studio anywhere is large enough to put out enough high-quality content to keep the people engaged continuously. Not even Disney. All the studios were looking over at…

I really felt this when I was watching Andor. It's about a bunch of nobodies in the Star Wars universe, no Jedi at all. But there were so many moments when things just made so much sense, that it actually took me out of the moment in surprise. There's so little good writing anymore that it's shocking when you see it.

Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by cyberpunk » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

rerx wrote: post #183

FrojoS wrote: post #164

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If your IP is outside the US, say German, then you often don''t get the original audio offered. Piratebay has the best user experience.

It's so weird that they still haven't learned to provide multiple audio tracks and subtitles. I don't know how sizable the portion of the market is that they lose this way, but people like you and me won't ever consider one of Google's services to rent films. Presumably, US-centric decision-making is to blame.

Prime Video on apple tv box is awful for this too. English shows, dubbed in German with absolutely no way to get the original audio.

Urgh.

Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by Logans_Run » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

Jenk wrote: post #79

Netflix have really dissapointed me. I've been a subscriber since before streaming, and have even been content paying the subscription fee during the "breaks" of not using their service for up to months at a time because I so badly want(ed) them to succeed. I also understood the difficult situation they were facing when the producers of content were makkng ridiculous demands on their distribution, or worse, just pull…

Indeed. I enjoyed 'The Mentalist' series (The Pilot and Series 1 in particular) which was also on Netflix if memory serves.

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Post by kej » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

throwawaynf38 wrote: post #62

esskay wrote: post #10

Not really that surprising is it? I'm waiting for the day they send me the inevitable notice to pay more, aka the day I cancel Netflix. They could get away with this if their offering was substantially better than the competitors but thse days it's not. Pumping out complete crap like 'The Floor is Lava' and the 9 millionth cake contest isn't what built their massive customer base. These days when a new hyped show com…

I wish one of the streaming services would give a "no major loose ends" guarantee. If a show really needs a cliffhanger the show should budget for an extra episode to air if the next season is cancelled. If they don't want to do that, just end the season finale without a cliffhanger. If Netflix had this guarantee, I would watch a lot more series. (I'm still a bit upset that HBO cancelled "Beforeigners" that had a maj…

I'd even settle for a sit-down with the writers and show runners where they go over what the ending would have been, even if they don't get a chance to actually film it.

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Post by foldr » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:24 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #449

foldr wrote: post #445

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>So, was Cleopatra Black? We don’t know for sure, but we can be certain she wasn’t white like Elizabeth Taylor. Seems like a fair point. I'd take this outrage more seriously if the same people were also protesting about the innumerable portrayals of Cleopatra by white actresses.

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>but over the trailer of the documentary (i added the link) which literally says she was a black woman.

Err, no, it doesn't literally say that. There is:

1) A man with light brown skin saying that he imagines Cleopatra as having the same skin tone as him and curly hair, which is entirely plausible (though far from certain) given what is known about her ancestry.

2) A woman saying that her grandma told her that Cleopatra was black.

It's nothing more than a nod to the longstanding controversy over Cleopatra's race and appearance, which far predates anything usually covered by the meaningless term of abuse 'woke'. Part of the problem here is that 'black' as a racial category didn't really exist in Egypt in the 1st century BC, so it's a bit of a silly debate anyway.

Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by TheCondor » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

jerf wrote: post #407

mikeryan wrote: post #313

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When Reed Hasting left and Ted Sarandos took over he had a bit of power shakeup and handed over the content reins to Bela Bajaria - who was brought in to head up international over Cindy Holland who was in charge of US content. Holland had brought in House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Crown, Ozark and Narcos. Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content w…

"Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content while Bajaria was more focused on "get all the content, throw it all at the wall and see what sticks" (who saw "Squid Games" coming?)." I think the root problem is that no studio anywhere is large enough to put out enough high-quality content to keep the people engaged continuously. Not even Disney. All the studios were looking over at…

> I think the root problem is that no studio anywhere is large enough to put out enough high-quality content to keep the people engaged continuously. Not even Disney.

This. There simply isn't that much really great content.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

madsbuch wrote: post #292

MadSudaca wrote: post #42

It's funny. Right now I have access to around 5 streaming services while I only pay for 2. My girlfriend's friend has access to Netflix, my sis HBO. I provide access to Disney+ and Prime to my family. I used to get YT premium from my sis's boyfriend, but they detected I'm not in the family household and they kicked me out. If it wasn't because other people use my accounts (and I use theirs), I wouldn't be paying for…

I think a lot of people are only holding their accounts because someone they love use it for access. These people would probably cancel it first thing, if their loved ones can not use it.

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Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by dcow » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

What I truly don’t understand is why everyone decided they needed their own streaming platforms. What’s the strategy there? Why does Disney need to invest resources into Disney+ when they can just sell the rights to their content to one or two Streaming platforms and make more money? Did they think it would be cheaper to build their own platforms? Same for all the others. Who cares if Netflix owns the streaming user-base if you’re still making more money off the content? Is there some user data play I’m not aware of?

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Post by sosodev » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:27 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #439

sosodev wrote: post #418

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Characters in modern takes on historical media have always been heavily modified. Why is editing their gender or skin tone not okay? Also, can't you just scroll past a carousel representing a genre you're not interested in? Are other carousels for things like musicals woke too?

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Why did you delete the variety link? It was a thoughtful exploration of the problem. This is undoubtedly a complex issue but I don't know that their approach can be dismissed as "woke".

Re: Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing

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Post by muffinman26 » Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:28 PM UTC

jerf wrote: post #407

mikeryan wrote: post #313

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When Reed Hasting left and Ted Sarandos took over he had a bit of power shakeup and handed over the content reins to Bela Bajaria - who was brought in to head up international over Cindy Holland who was in charge of US content. Holland had brought in House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Crown, Ozark and Narcos. Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content w…

"Holland seemed to focus more on developing fewer shows of higher quality content while Bajaria was more focused on "get all the content, throw it all at the wall and see what sticks" (who saw "Squid Games" coming?)." I think the root problem is that no studio anywhere is large enough to put out enough high-quality content to keep the people engaged continuously. Not even Disney. All the studios were looking over at…

Bringing up episodic television shows in the 90s brings up an interesting point. For 90s episodic television, script submissions were open to the public. Each show still had a team of staff writers like they do today, but the staff writers would mostly write the really important episodes (like finales and two-parters). The bulk of the episodes would be freelance scripts, with the staff writers editing for consistency and adding an extra scene or two to hint at continuing plot threads. In today's binge-able format, almost every episode is written by the staff writers. (They might still let someone with connections, like an actor on the show looking to make a career change, submit an episode.)

Sure, 90+% of submitted episode pitches were probably terrible, but that was fine because show runners could choose the best episodes from the slush heap. Now each series only orders roughly as many episode scripts as a season has episodes. If a writer has a 75-80% hit rate, the show can't discard the bad episodes.