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Netflix is turning into cable TV::After the loss of behind-the-scenes talent and the acquisition of rights to WWE, Netflix is starting to feel more and more like basic cable.
Huge eyeroll. There was a writers strike. To make up for all the new content that’s not available, Netflix acquired a bunch of old stuff that may be new to subscribers.
I mean, as shitty as it is, there’s a decent sized market for it. Probably worth it to them to overpay so much for it to hurt the current streaming provider, Peacock.
I think you’re applying your own viewpoint here to the general public.
I don’t enjoy wrestling. I also don’t enjoy reality TV, teen dramas, horror shows, or European Football. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have value.
If TV needs to provide some infallible, logical benefit to be worth something, then every show is in trouble. It’s practically all made up stories about nothing that matters.
This is one of the narrow times that “the customer is always right” applies correctly. It doesn’t matter if it’s “good” by any one person’s definition. If people watch, it has value.
I’d pay good money to see high quality Starcraft 2 tournaments on TV. I doubt many other people would. That’s how value is determined.
So I was listening to a Bloomberg Tech Podcast about this. Someone from some random media group actually said “consumer demand for ad supported content over netflix’s usual high production value dramas is up”
For some reason, that statement was both incredibly threatening and incredibly ominous
Its worse than them becoming cable tv: They’re BORING tv now. I imagine a large segment comes and goes when Stranger Things releases, which is a bad read. Less than a decade ago, we all saw Netflix as the second coming of HBO. Now its just bad tv.
Also I figured the rates would go up after the WWE deal, and I was right: they axed the lowest ad tier the day after.
Always has, May December, Maestro and They Cloned Tyrone premiered on Netflix this year, I think I’m forgetting another one. Plus plenty of comedy specials
How? I remember cable and it was more like paid YouTube.
Netflix is actually adding content I want to see recently. And it’s still the only streaming service that has no ads or is constantly blocking half it’s library behind a channel paywall. Every time I want to watch something on Prime it’s behind yet another channel I have to pay for.
I’m not a wrestling fan but I used to be, so I hope the Netflix deal also includes some of the old library from the 80s and 90s
Protip: always cancel immediately after subscribing. Only resubscribe if there is something you actually wanna watch. And cancel immediately again. And so on. This way you will never pay for not using it.
Let me rephrase as I guess I was a bit unclear. I’ve had Netflix since 2012 but just cancelled it today after not using it for almost the entirety of 2023.
Still a great tip you’ve given, not trying to detract from that. That’s what I do with most services but for some reason just took forever to pull the trigger on cancelling Netflix.
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Huge eyeroll. There was a writers strike. To make up for all the new content that’s not available, Netflix acquired a bunch of old stuff that may be new to subscribers.
WWE? Lol they think that’s must have TV?
5 billion for ten years? Lolol. Oh my sides. It’s not even an acquisition. It’s 500 million a year for fake wrestling.
Some people LOVE wrestling.
“IT’S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT”
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I mean, as shitty as it is, there’s a decent sized market for it. Probably worth it to them to overpay so much for it to hurt the current streaming provider, Peacock.
You understand there are other people in the world besides yourself that have different interests than you, right?
I think you’re applying your own viewpoint here to the general public.
I don’t enjoy wrestling. I also don’t enjoy reality TV, teen dramas, horror shows, or European Football. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have value.
If TV needs to provide some infallible, logical benefit to be worth something, then every show is in trouble. It’s practically all made up stories about nothing that matters.
This is one of the narrow times that “the customer is always right” applies correctly. It doesn’t matter if it’s “good” by any one person’s definition. If people watch, it has value.
I’d pay good money to see high quality Starcraft 2 tournaments on TV. I doubt many other people would. That’s how value is determined.
So I was listening to a Bloomberg Tech Podcast about this. Someone from some random media group actually said “consumer demand for ad supported content over netflix’s usual high production value dramas is up”
For some reason, that statement was both incredibly threatening and incredibly ominous
That doesn’t even make sense. The high production stuff would be ad supported too.
Its worse than them becoming cable tv: They’re BORING tv now. I imagine a large segment comes and goes when Stranger Things releases, which is a bad read. Less than a decade ago, we all saw Netflix as the second coming of HBO. Now its just bad tv.
Also I figured the rates would go up after the WWE deal, and I was right: they axed the lowest ad tier the day after.
I resub for Stranger things and then I unsub. Simple.
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So Netflix actually has content worth watching now?
Loudermilk moved there from Amazon. I enjoy it.
Always has, May December, Maestro and They Cloned Tyrone premiered on Netflix this year, I think I’m forgetting another one. Plus plenty of comedy specials
How? I remember cable and it was more like paid YouTube.
Netflix is actually adding content I want to see recently. And it’s still the only streaming service that has no ads or is constantly blocking half it’s library behind a channel paywall. Every time I want to watch something on Prime it’s behind yet another channel I have to pay for.
I’m not a wrestling fan but I used to be, so I hope the Netflix deal also includes some of the old library from the 80s and 90s
Um… I seem to be forgetting just how cable TV was like paid YouTube. Could you refresh my memory?
We really turned full circle.
The whole fucking internet is, really.
Just cancelled today after not even using it for a year.
Protip: always cancel immediately after subscribing. Only resubscribe if there is something you actually wanna watch. And cancel immediately again. And so on. This way you will never pay for not using it.
Let me rephrase as I guess I was a bit unclear. I’ve had Netflix since 2012 but just cancelled it today after not using it for almost the entirety of 2023.
Still a great tip you’ve given, not trying to detract from that. That’s what I do with most services but for some reason just took forever to pull the trigger on cancelling Netflix.
Protip: Just use free streaming services like fmovies.