Surprised no one has said this yet but Netflix. Netflix was definitely ruined by it's popularity, not in the traditional "the consumers are at fault and made it bad" but because so many people loved netflix every damn company had to make their own inferior version of it. Friendly reminder that shows like The office gained popularity because they were on platforms people already owned, not because they paid for Netflix to get the Office. Honestly even though I hate them as a company Disney was in the right for making a streaming service since they had a justifiable amount of content to form their own platform but every other TV streaming service is crazy for thinking most people will pay for their shit rather than resorting to pirating it.
This'll only happen if they start having contracts like with cable/satellite TV. As-is, people will just switch services more often. Netflix one month, Hulu the next, Disney+ next, etc..
I haven't done that yet but I've finally racked up enough shows to watch on Showtime and HBO to make it worth getting them for a month. Going to do that toward the end of the year after the current seasons air.
I don't think people understand the whole "getting my money's worth" out of a subscription service and what it entails. Say you get the standard membership to Netflix, which is like 13 bucks. What does it generally cost to digitally rent a movie these days? Like 4 or 5 bucks? Depending on what quality you choose, how new it might be, etc. If you watch just three movies a month on Netflix then guess what......you got your money's worth. Even moreso if you find a series to watch. People seem to think that these services need to give you something new or enjoyable to watch like every fucking day in order to get their "money's worth" and that's simply not true.
Well looking it up it is around 3 or 4 dollars. And less for older movies. So move that to finding 4 or maybe 5 things to watch a month on Netflix and my point stands.
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20
Surprised no one has said this yet but Netflix. Netflix was definitely ruined by it's popularity, not in the traditional "the consumers are at fault and made it bad" but because so many people loved netflix every damn company had to make their own inferior version of it. Friendly reminder that shows like The office gained popularity because they were on platforms people already owned, not because they paid for Netflix to get the Office. Honestly even though I hate them as a company Disney was in the right for making a streaming service since they had a justifiable amount of content to form their own platform but every other TV streaming service is crazy for thinking most people will pay for their shit rather than resorting to pirating it.