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Netflix came, solved the problem of having good quality content in one place without having to pay individually for each channel on TV which cost an arm and a leg. That's why piracy dropped and everyone adopted Netflix. Now I hear everyone wants their own streaming service and is pulling their content out. We are all soon going to be back to square one where we'll have to buy 10 different services to get quality content. I'm for sure going to cut off all my subscriptions and go to TPB for content. And I'm sure a lot of people share the sentiment. How can these companies be so stupid?
This time it is different. Cable companies and their bundling shielded content producers from the customer. Customers kept paying even if they did not watch specific channel. Now customers will only pay for what they watch (e.g. HBO loses significant chunk of subscribers after they finish GoT). A lot of content will now be left without viewers simply because viewers don’t want to install app or sign up for a new service. My personal opinion is that content providers will go back to licensing their content to Netflix/Amazon/Hulu once their services fail to draw enough subscribers. I would expect these 3 + Disney+ and HBO to stay.
Disney is probably the only conglomerate that has the pull for their own service. Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel, Fox, etc
And as of 5/14 Comcast announced that they will sell their shares in Hulu to Disney. Which makes Disney the sole owner of Hulu
My only subscription is lifetime VPN so I can watch whatever on Kodi
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Just TPB, why even bother nflx at all? Penny is still money.
They are not. You're thinking from consumer's perspective only. Provider's were making good money with cable, which Netflix stole away. Now they want it back. Whether they're successful at it is another story.
Yes, chances are we save $100m and you pirate friends than you pay $10 to AT&T so you can watch friends.
Yeah I love Netflix. Always have. Was one of the earliest adopters. I'm probably gonna keep nflx and dis both. But none of the other idiots who think they can get away with building their own subscription service for 1-2 good IPs.
Profit drives all decision making. Fuck Disney
Yeah maybe Disney will make higher profits, but others like hbo, amc etc. All want to have their own service, but I sure as hell ain't paying for them and I'm 💯 sure they are going to make less money.
Yeah. Why couldn’t Disney let someone else profit wildly from their hardwork instead of taking it all for themselves?