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Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by setquk »

alecco wrote: post #57

And they both suck. Netflix content is weak. The catalog outside US is terrible. YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium. At a price point of $12 it's ridiculous. Music catalog is sub-par and not worth the switch from Spotify. Both seem to be more dedicated to push PC propaganda than matching what viewers want. Original content is quite bad save for some exceptions (Wild Wild…

Totally agree. I don't go near netflix any more and I watch youtube with youtube-dl + VLC.

The only subscription services that actually persists for me is Apple Music. And that's because the catalogue is pretty decent, the price is decent, it mostly just works (unlike Google's offering) and it stops me having to manage my entire family's music which is very time consuming. That has value. Other two, not so much. No more than television.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by assblaster »

oxide wrote: post #32
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If I want to watch well produced online content, I do not think Youtube.com I do. Historia Civilis is presently my favourite channel. Production quality is nothing to write home about, but the quality is fantastic. Moreover, I don’t walk away feeling like I crapped away thirty minutes—I learned something.

There is a ton of quality on YouTube, some of my favorites are Redlettermedia, Baz Battles (focused on historical battles) and Lemmino, his short form documentaries are extremely well edited. Historia Civils is one of my favorite channels as well. Excellent content.

Check out PBS SpaceTime, and you'll quickly lose a day to that amazing content.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by Kirth »

bilbo0s wrote: post #22
manojlds wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does sleep have well produced online content?

Sleep goes you one better. Often enough sleep provides fantastical entertainment content indistinguishable from reality. Every genre, from comedy to horror. Only thing is, you can't choose what content you want to experience. (At least, not to my knowledge you can't pick what content you want?)

I haven't been remembering my dreams for almost a decade now. Is this good, is this bad? Does anyone have a similar experience?

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by kiriakasis »

fipple wrote: post #41
S_A_P wrote: post #4

I don't necessarily agree with this. If I want to watch well produced online content, I do not think Youtube.com. I do think that Netflix and amazon Prime video have "traditional" studio created content that has high production value. That said, I watch youtube and Netflix almost equally, but for different reasons. Youtube is great for short videos, interviews and niche interest. IF I want to watch scripted drama lik…

There's plenty of content on YouTube that's at the highest level of professional production. It's 0.01% of what's on YouTube, compared to 100% of what's on Netflix, so you will not find it by just going to YouTube.com and clicking random links... but there's still many human lifetimes of high-end content on YouTube.

but Youtube also has very low quality suggestions, so in practice it ends up proposing the same topics over and over again. And god forbid you watch anything political.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by adrianN »

keyboardmowing wrote: post #9

Yeah I don’t think the modern minute-by-minute generation who live on their phones are interested in dedicating an entire hour or two per show . Even Youtube with its 10-min videos seem long now. Netflix might need to create some ‘microshows’ to keep the younger generation’s attention.

The next Star Wars movie will be published as a sequence of five second GIFs on Twitter.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by seqastian »

alecco wrote: post #57

And they both suck. Netflix content is weak. The catalog outside US is terrible. YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium. At a price point of $12 it's ridiculous. Music catalog is sub-par and not worth the switch from Spotify. Both seem to be more dedicated to push PC propaganda than matching what viewers want. Original content is quite bad save for some exceptions (Wild Wild…

Calling Netflix content weak just shows how removed from what content gets released and people watch every day right now. Hint: it's mostly Netflix.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by dazc »

alecco wrote: post #57

And they both suck. Netflix content is weak. The catalog outside US is terrible. YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium. At a price point of $12 it's ridiculous. Music catalog is sub-par and not worth the switch from Spotify. Both seem to be more dedicated to push PC propaganda than matching what viewers want. Original content is quite bad save for some exceptions (Wild Wild…

I find it's worth cancelling the subscription from time to time since every three months or so I reach the point where I've seen anything worth paying for.

The fact I can do this without any hassle is what I like about Netflix although, I suspect, the cost is low enough that a lot of people don't bother?

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Post by baldfat »

alecco wrote: post #57

And they both suck. Netflix content is weak. The catalog outside US is terrible. YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium. At a price point of $12 it's ridiculous. Music catalog is sub-par and not worth the switch from Spotify. Both seem to be more dedicated to push PC propaganda than matching what viewers want. Original content is quite bad save for some exceptions (Wild Wild…

I pay $16 a month for the family YouTube plan and get add free viewing, shut off screen playback, and downloadable videos plus Google Play Music. Best thing I have ever subscribed for.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by oblio »

samsonradu wrote: post #40
S_A_P wrote: post #4

I don't necessarily agree with this. If I want to watch well produced online content, I do not think Youtube.com. I do think that Netflix and amazon Prime video have "traditional" studio created content that has high production value. That said, I watch youtube and Netflix almost equally, but for different reasons. Youtube is great for short videos, interviews and niche interest. IF I want to watch scripted drama lik…

Interestingly there's no mention of HBO here (nor in sibling comments), a very high production value content which imo is running circles around Netflix and Prime.

HBO barely streams anything, at a global scale.

Re: Netflix’s biggest competition isn’t sleep, it’s YouTube

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Post by Buge »

alecco wrote: post #57

And they both suck. Netflix content is weak. The catalog outside US is terrible. YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium. At a price point of $12 it's ridiculous. Music catalog is sub-par and not worth the switch from Spotify. Both seem to be more dedicated to push PC propaganda than matching what viewers want. Original content is quite bad save for some exceptions (Wild Wild…

>YouTube ads are annoying yet original content is not worth the price for Premium.

Why even think about the original content? If the ads bother you enough, then removal of ads should be reason enough for a payment.

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