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Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by schnable »

imgabe wrote: post #7

It's not even doing a good job of that, though. The other day someone mentioned the 1990 movie "Taking Care of Business" with Jim Belushi and Charles Grodin. It's a pretty unremarkable movie, but I remembered liking it as a kid for whatever reason and wanted to see it again. Of course, it's not on any of the four streaming services I pay for (I'm outside the US so ymmv). And why? Why is the studio hoarding access to…

The free ad supported streaming services are where these kind of movies are ending up now. Services like Tubi, Freevee, Pluto.

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by what_ever »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #20
whalesalad wrote: post #15

Ever since HBO merged with Discovery, the content library has become garbage. It’s all reality shows, real housewives, tons of low effort content. HBO used to be the spot for edgy/racy content, great movies and really great shows.

You have to think big. The market for trash TV is enormous. HBO had saturated the quality market for a long time. If it wanted to grow, it needed trash.

AND you can anyway watch the HBO shows. It's not like they are removed..

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by passwordoops »

paxys wrote: post #45

"Netflix is shit". "No one watches Netflix anymore". "They cancel all the good shows". "There's nothing worth watching anyways". "Banning account sharing was a boneheaded move and everyone is going to cancel because of it". "Netflix is worse than cable now". Also: > Netflix tops Wall Street revenue estimates and adds a record 13.1 million subscribers in the last quarter. At some point all the terminally online people…

You have to be nuanced about those numbers. My parents, who are definitely not Redditors and were concerned that I frequent news page for Hackers, have gotten into the habit of cycling through the streamers every few months. How many of those 13.1 M are genuinely new versus returning subs who will cancel in 3-6 months and contribute to Disney+/Prime/Paramount/etc "growth" (again)?

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by jancsika »

imgabe wrote: post #7

It's not even doing a good job of that, though. The other day someone mentioned the 1990 movie "Taking Care of Business" with Jim Belushi and Charles Grodin. It's a pretty unremarkable movie, but I remembered liking it as a kid for whatever reason and wanted to see it again. Of course, it's not on any of the four streaming services I pay for (I'm outside the US so ymmv). And why? Why is the studio hoarding access to…

> Why is the studio hoarding access to this film that probably stopped making them money decades ago when they could just lease out the streaming rights and make something of it?

Just wanted to say that's it's surreal to be making a comment in more time than it probably takes to search for and start watching that movie on the Web.

There should be a version of the bible where Jesus gets taken to Pilate immediate after pirating the fish and loaves.

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by verve_rat »

jurassic wrote: post #39

> a graveyard of prematurely canceled originals This is the crux of the issue for me. I lost interest in even trying new Netflix shows because they developed a reputation for cancelling lots of good, not great, shows with loyal followings because they weren't pulling in blockbuster viewership numbers on the level of Stranger Things. This spray and pray strategy is fundamentally disrespectful to the audience.

And the ridiculous thing is, streaming services should be better for slow burning, loyalty building IP. It doesn't matter when your friend tells you about the thing they like, you can start from the start anytime.

The loyal fans will watch and rewatch the old episodes for years and years to come.

This cancel early and often model is the exact opposite of the business model streaming services should use.

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by genman »

coder543 wrote: post #14

I just want a 4K Originals Plan with 1 screen. Features: - Only Netflix Original content (in 4K) - 1 screen, since password sharing isn’t allowed anyways - No ads - No WWE - No smartphone games - No licensed content (which seems to be mostly 1080p anyways), since I can watch that elsewhere I will offer $14/mo, at most. Why should I be forced to pay for a bunch of stuff I don’t want or can’t use? This is why I don’t h…

The best I can do is 5.

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by mikestew »

what_ever wrote: post #62
onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to think big. The market for trash TV is enormous. HBO had saturated the quality market for a long time. If it wanted to grow, it needed trash.

AND you can anyway watch the HBO shows. It's not like they are removed..

Unless you’re being sarcastic, go try and watch West World on Max. As a bonus, you will discover one of the reasons we cancelled Max.

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by marcosdumay »

jurassic wrote: post #39

> a graveyard of prematurely canceled originals This is the crux of the issue for me. I lost interest in even trying new Netflix shows because they developed a reputation for cancelling lots of good, not great, shows with loyal followings because they weren't pulling in blockbuster viewership numbers on the level of Stranger Things. This spray and pray strategy is fundamentally disrespectful to the audience.

Didn't they cancel Stranger Things because the viewership dropped a little?

Re: Netflix is turning into cable TV

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Post by jurassic »

marcosdumay wrote: post #69
jurassic wrote: post #39

> a graveyard of prematurely canceled originals This is the crux of the issue for me. I lost interest in even trying new Netflix shows because they developed a reputation for cancelling lots of good, not great, shows with loyal followings because they weren't pulling in blockbuster viewership numbers on the level of Stranger Things. This spray and pray strategy is fundamentally disrespectful to the audience.

Didn't they cancel Stranger Things because the viewership dropped a little?

I don't follow it closely enough to know. I would assume because the child actors were aging out of their roles.
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