Netflix future

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QBCL07

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QBCL07
May 30, 2019 24 Comments

I am trying to understand why Netflix is considered to be prestigious. They are yet another media streaming company. (first movers: yes). Most of their content is crap. CDN or media streaming is not particularly new technology. They might run analytics on viewership pattern etc, sure.
But other than that, what value do they add ?
With Disney in the picture, high costs of producing content and need to burn cash to maintain their membership, what does the future of Netflix look like ?
Looking forward to be educated.

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  • Prestige is a PR // marketing thing. It's not based on anything technical. It's a state of mind that was pushed to you.

    Same thing with Airbnb, Uber, Google.

    Set yourself free from the expectation from society and you will realize it's all a rat race and prestige is another bullshit made up by internal marketers
    May 30, 2019 2
  • Microsoft / Mgmt
    Dunph

    Go to company page Microsoft Mgmt

    Dunph
    I wouldn't invest in them but would love to work there
    May 30, 2019 3
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    • Netflix
      razorlab

      Go to company page Netflix

      razorlab
      Shhhhh don’t tell them! Big title is king, yay to monthly big budget marvel titles!
      Jun 5, 2019
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      QBCL07

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      OP
      That was educative. Would appreciate if you share links to articles/posts that validate your points regarding Hollywood and data driven approach.

      From a laymen perspective, it appears NTFLX needs to spend a lot of money just to retain existing customer base without theatrical revenue stream.
      Jun 5, 2019
  • Jet.com / Other
    gtfoorgtfo

    Go to company page Jet.com Other

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    Starbucks
    gtfoorgtfo
    Disney not paying equity to their engineers, old farts still rule the business, it’s going to be a long and tough road for them, so I think Netflix has some runway.
    May 30, 2019 1
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      QBCL07

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      OP
      Fair enough. Netflix is attracting smart folks, no doubt. But considering Disney has content and it seems Netflix is struggling to develop new and good content consistently, it would be interesting to see how this plays out.
      May 31, 2019
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    GLvH62

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    GLvH62
    Isn't facebook just a social network? Why it's considered to be prestigious? Isn't google another search engine company (first mover: yes)? Isn't Tesla another EV company?
    May 30, 2019 4
    • Yeah I agree
      No companies are special. Some of them worked a lot on their images and it works well with the just out of school brainwashed 20-somethings.
      I don't chose a company based on the prestige Because I don't need to impress my parents anymore but a lot of you do
      May 30, 2019
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      QBCL07

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      Fair enough. Although Tesla has range&market share, FB has monopoly on Social Networks and Google has monopoly with search, email and youtube. But that is digressing from what I was trying to convey. My point being, how does Netflix’s future look now that there are new entrants(Apple and Disney) and Netflix is losing content ?
      From my limited understanding, it looks bleak and I want to know if and that is wrong ?
      May 31, 2019