I’ve realized in the last few months that I basically watch nothing on Netflix anymore. I’ve been considering canceling.
Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
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Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#82As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…
Or just sign up for one service one month and a different one the next month. No one’s forcing you to keep all four subscriptions active.
I'm not signing up for a service for 1 month, and then going through the back catalogue in that 1 month. I want to watch media when I want to, not when it wants me to. Think of it like TV, I tune in when I want something to watch and change the channel until I find something.
Simply needing to switch between services and time my subscriptions is enough for me to not bother. TV/Film is burntime for me, not a dedicated hobby. If I need to stuff around figuring out which service has which shows that I might enjoy, you've lost me and I'll go watch something on youtube.
Netflix originally had all the varieties of shows I needed. It doesn't anymore. If someone shows me another service that is accessible to Australians that has a better catalogue, I'd probably switch to it permanently.
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#83As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…
> This makes the piracy route become more and more attractive again - and I don't like that this is the case. I want to pay people for their content.
People like to say this, but, no offense, it just doesn't seem true. It sounds like a justification. (And I'm not judging, I'm just not convinced by this reasoning).
Signing up for 3-4 streaming services is pretty easy. If you use something like an apple tv or fire tv you can even use a global search that links you into the app where the content you searched for lives. If you're willing to pay per episode or movie to rent or buy everything you watch on itunes or amazon, it's even easier and you can get almost anything instantly.
I do agree that in general, the more different streaming services are released the more that people's incentives are starting to tip back towards pirating. But I don't think there's much other reason beyond just cost.
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#84As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…
Riding in the HOV lane when you’re alone is also convenient. That doesn’t mean you’re not a degenerate for doing it. If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. (It’s also not fair to those indie artists and producers to have to compete with big-budget content people acquire for free.)
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm about to cancel my subscription because their content selection is weak overall. They have a few native shows that are worth watching. Beyond that, their movie selection is horrible (they've obviously navigated away from that for many years now). The perpetual price increases are getting annoying. They're trying to relatively gouge the large US market to offset the fact that they're bleeding to death (on a cash g…
Serious questions: Could Netflix actually go out of business? If so, who buys their IP? Who will be the major players in the streaming entertainment space in 5 years? How will this impact film and tv production/distribution? (Less variety in theaters?) Is consolidation in the media industry something lawmakers would take interest in breaking up? Can we lobby to decrease copyright duration? Can an aggregation service…
Apple will bail them out
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#86As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…
Riding in the HOV lane when you’re alone is also convenient. That doesn’t mean you’re not a degenerate for doing it. If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. (It’s also not fair to those indie…
I didn't realise cancelling my netflix subscription made me a degenerate.
*you've added more to your post now.
> If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely.
I've not done any of those things though. You're assuming a lot. I pirate in cases where availability is not possible.
I certainly agree that pirating indie stuff (especially when you can afford it and like it) is a big no-no. Indie films are massively hard to get off the ground in Australia.
Not that I'm helping. As I said, Film/TV is not a concentrated hobby for me. It's burntime that I can fill with other stuff, hence no real need to keep a sub if it's not giving me much, and no real drive to pirate even ignoring the moral reasons.
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#87I am not surprised. I am still a subscriber because I like some series like Mad Men and Dark. But their catalogue is shrinking and new content is mostly bad(with few exceptions like Death, Love and Robots).
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#88Netflix has yet to find a property that can go the distance and really hook people long term. This whole “cancel a show after 3 seasons” is not what users who grew up with 6,7...10 year runs of shows connect to. They need some content with long legs to keep the sort used to Frasier like life spans. That’s who was tuning in during their growth period, for those old shows they can’t hang onto now.
Stranger Things seems to be a massive hit. Shelf life is unclear though. House of Cards was a hit and now it’s completely irrelevant it seems for comparison.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Riding in the HOV lane when you’re alone is also convenient. That doesn’t mean you’re not a degenerate for doing it. If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. (It’s also not fair to those indie…
I didn't realise cancelling my netflix subscription made me a degenerate. *you've added more to your post now. > If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. I've not done any of those things thoug…
>I didn't realise cancelling my netflix subscription made me a degenerate.
That's a very disingenuous reply. GP obviously meant suggesting you will return to piracy makes you a degenerate.
Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Riding in the HOV lane when you’re alone is also convenient. That doesn’t mean you’re not a degenerate for doing it. If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. (It’s also not fair to those indie…
I didn't realise cancelling my netflix subscription made me a degenerate. *you've added more to your post now. > If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. I've not done any of those things thoug…
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