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Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by dools »

mherdeg wrote: post #45
Scaevolus wrote: post #3

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Disney even lets you pin shows so you don't have to keep searching for them!

My least favorite disneyplus.com experience is using the desktop site to try to find an episode of Bluey which the kids are asking for. "We want to watch 'The Beach', please." OK let's go to disneyplus.com and type in "Bluey" (no search by episode name). There are 3 seasons available. I can see five episode titles at a time. Hmm, how do I see more episodes? Oh right, if I hover my mouse over episode 6, a right arrow…

You can search the episodes in google eg.

bluey "the beach" episode

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by systemicdanna »

dont__panic wrote: post #38
Cyph0n wrote: post #31

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Netflix does indeed have some “hidden” gems. But I’d say that HBO takes the cake for unique shows with consistent quality that are - most importantly - allowed to run to completion. My go-to example is The Leftovers. What kind of network would ever greenlight that kind of show, let alone have it run for three whole seasons to its natural conclusion?

Ironically, they just cancelled Westworld before the intended final season. Not exactly a "consistent quality" show, but HBO does cancel some stuff, too. But it is not nearly as bad as Netflix's track record of killing shows with cliffhanger second-season endings...

Last 2 Westworld seasons were very hard to get excited about. Wouldn’t be surprised if viewership dropped significantly. Netflix likely just calculated that they can buy 50 shows for the price of filming the final season.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by Silhouette »

legitster wrote: post #2

Disney has so much less content, and I really don't mind it. There's nothing I hate more than logging into Netflix after a month and everything I was vaguely interested in has now completely disappeared and been replaced by even more half-assed looking projects. Also, shout out to Disney for actually making it easy to restart a show from the beginning. I don't understand how Netflix has dropped so much money into chi…

Disney has so much less content

Does it really? (Serious question.) We got Disney because of the Disney part but I was pleasantly surprised by how much other big name content is on there.

I'm hardly highbrow in my viewing habits and enjoy a good blockbuster movie or popular show as much as anyone. I do like to spend my limited viewing time on stuff that isn't complete junk though.

I've all but stopped even checking Netflix now because the odds of anything on there being Netflix-made junk that I won't even finish watching are so high. Meanwhile I'm probably working through a couple of different shows and have several movies waiting at any given time on Disney. I suspect our Netflix subscription will be ending soon as I don't think anyone else in the house is watching anything on there either right now.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by godmode2019 »

mherdeg wrote: post #45
Scaevolus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disney even lets you pin shows so you don't have to keep searching for them!

My least favorite disneyplus.com experience is using the desktop site to try to find an episode of Bluey which the kids are asking for. "We want to watch 'The Beach', please." OK let's go to disneyplus.com and type in "Bluey" (no search by episode name). There are 3 seasons available. I can see five episode titles at a time. Hmm, how do I see more episodes? Oh right, if I hover my mouse over episode 6, a right arrow…

YouTube search is really good for that.

"Muddy trucks please"

Me types "muddy trucks kids show".

Exact show is in the top 5 and you have the hover to play snippet feature that gives the kids an idea if its the show they wanted to see.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by laptop-man »

LarsDu88 wrote: post #22

Disney has decades of experience with content that the whole family can enjoy. Netflix has a decade of experience with...AWS With Netflix you get a mixed bag of Stranger Things + stuff that most folks expect to be dropped after 2 seasons. When Netflix pivoted into content, they needed to get creatives and passionate people in charge rather than the tech-world PMs they ended up putting in charge. Disney might not be p…

idk about you but I know of atleast 15 gems made by Netflix. but majority are cartoons.

15 is nothing tho compared to all of their flops.

if anyone likes cartoons checkout: centaurworld - awesome wrap up on the last episode dogs in space Maya and the three dead end Cuphead over the moon Klaus

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by tomrod »

philliphaydon wrote: post #54
rabuse wrote: post #28

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They have less content, but Netflix is seriously full of so much trash content. I've rarely enjoyed a Netflix original movie.

Obviously this is subjective because my viewing hours are higher on netflix than Disney. Disney doesn't have any dumbout content. Andor was trash. Obi-Wan was trash. She-Hulk started out bad, got better, then killed itself in the last episode. Most of the marvel stuff has been terrible compared to Netflix's Jessica Jones, Dare Devil, Luke Cage.

Contrary opinion: Andor was great, Obi-wan was great, She-Hulk was brilliant and fantastic from the start, and others have been absolutely clever.

Netflix's JJ, DD, LC, Defenders, were also great.

Have you _watched_ recent Netflix content? It's truly abysmal.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by paul7986 »

PenguinCoder wrote: post #27
paul7986 wrote: post #8

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Disney also owns awesome legacy IP; superheros, star wars, pixar and disney movies. It's also a lot cheaper and indeed less bloated. Netflix has zero such legacy content and it's more expensive; soon even harder to use with them locking down sharing!

I don't know how you compared using Disney+ to Netflix and came to the conclusion that it's less bloated. In my experience on a Roku, D+ is SLOW, it takes forever to do anything from loading up, just browsing, thumbnails populating, or actually starting a show.

Netflix is bloated with tons and tons content that does not already have a built in audience/rabid fanbase like Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and Disney classic has. With Disney I click through and see lots of shows with well known characters with decades of familiarity (legacy characters/content). Netflix I click through and have no idea what 90% of the content is via clicking through.

I personally have Never had any connection issues with Disney, Netflix, HBO Max or other streaming services.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by legitster »

rabuse wrote: post #28
legitster wrote: post #2

Disney has so much less content, and I really don't mind it. There's nothing I hate more than logging into Netflix after a month and everything I was vaguely interested in has now completely disappeared and been replaced by even more half-assed looking projects. Also, shout out to Disney for actually making it easy to restart a show from the beginning. I don't understand how Netflix has dropped so much money into chi…

They have less content, but Netflix is seriously full of so much trash content. I've rarely enjoyed a Netflix original movie.

I'm sure that Netflix has good shows. But they themselves don't even seem to care anymore.

Say what you will about traditional networks, they have occasionally have executives with eyeballs who watch things and say "this show sucks and needs to be fixed" or "this show is much better than it looks and may succeed with a bit more attention".

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by 300bps »

philliphaydon wrote: post #54
rabuse wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have less content, but Netflix is seriously full of so much trash content. I've rarely enjoyed a Netflix original movie.

Obviously this is subjective because my viewing hours are higher on netflix than Disney. Disney doesn't have any dumbout content. Andor was trash. Obi-Wan was trash. She-Hulk started out bad, got better, then killed itself in the last episode. Most of the marvel stuff has been terrible compared to Netflix's Jessica Jones, Dare Devil, Luke Cage.

I wouldn’t watch She-Hulk even if it were playing inside my contact lenses.

But Andor has been great! Obj-Wan was ok.

Re: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

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Post by XorNot »

muglug wrote: post #4

Content is king. Once the big studios started pulling their stuff from Netflix in favour of their own streaming platforms, the writing was on the wall. Netflix doesn’t have the breadth of monetisable IP that the mouse has. The latest season of The Crown is basically scraping the barrel of royal family drama. Stranger Things has a season or two left. If I had Netflix stock I’d sell.

I get the distinct impression that Netflix leadership vastly over-estimated the value of their in-house technical IP to delivering streaming content.
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