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Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier (m.gsmarena.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Netflix execs needs a new jet.

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 75 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Every time I hear something about Netflix I always wonder how it is even still running. Still wild to me that they had the entire monopoly on streaming and fucked it up anyways.

[–] anon@lemm.ee 63 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Netflix didn’t fuck their monopoly up. They just didn’t have an eternal technological moat. Their monopoly had an expiration date which is why they shifted to content generation.

Nowadays the problem they face is that there isn’t enough people on the planet to grow forever, so in order to keep growing they have to squeeze harder.

Their content is terrible tough, there they did drop the ball.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems like everything they made that was good was cancelled after one season. I dumped them for that, then they went all greed and now I hit the high seas if there's something I really want to watch.

[–] whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

All good shows that don't blow up to Stranger Things levels get cancelled and the recommendation algorithm prioritizes mediocre over great. Why would I pay for that 🤷‍♂️

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's the Fox model, which is what killed Firefly.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Airing episodes out of order didn't help either

[–] whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Came late to the party for Firefly but I've watched it. Fuck whoever decided to cancel it.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

There are over 8 billion people on the planet and Netflix is an international company. If they decided to not fuck around and find out they could have had the majority of that market for pennies and held it well past today.

They had the monopoly on a golden platter and fucked it up. If they were smart they would have cemented that position.

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