Why do you think Netflix is struggling so much with it's viewership now?
Not enough entertaining content? People back to work from Covid? People just watching shows less?
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ElwoodBlues · M
One word: COMPETITION
With Amazon, Apple, Disney, HBO, Hulu, and probably others bidding up the price of quality content, and siphoning away subscribers, it's much harder to balance the budget than it used to be.
There are now too many subscription streaming platforms, and they are in a battle to be a big player when the market shakes out. Amazon & Apple have other giant businesses and can afford to lose a few billion while waiting out the others. Disney has the best established names - Marvel, Disney, & Star Wars - to lure subscribers. HBO is the oldest & most established. HBO & Disney may have significant cable revenues.
I don't know who will survive the coming shakeout, but there are too many platforms right now.
With Amazon, Apple, Disney, HBO, Hulu, and probably others bidding up the price of quality content, and siphoning away subscribers, it's much harder to balance the budget than it used to be.
There are now too many subscription streaming platforms, and they are in a battle to be a big player when the market shakes out. Amazon & Apple have other giant businesses and can afford to lose a few billion while waiting out the others. Disney has the best established names - Marvel, Disney, & Star Wars - to lure subscribers. HBO is the oldest & most established. HBO & Disney may have significant cable revenues.
I don't know who will survive the coming shakeout, but there are too many platforms right now.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@ElwoodBlues with Amazon prune you get free shipping. How do you beat that? It’s cheaper than Netflix.
ElwoodBlues · M
@iamonfire696 Too true. Maybe what Netflix needs is to get acquired by some other big company. Like Google or Tesla or Exxon - somebody who can afford to not be profitable until after the shakeout.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@ElwoodBlues I heard that Netflix is going to start showing commercials. I think that’s going to drive even more customers away. I wish Hulu would come to Canada.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@iamonfire696 autocorrect hates me 😭🤣
ElwoodBlues · M
@iamonfire696 Yeah, I figured it out!!
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@ElwoodBlues I don’t know how the swipe texting interpreted Netflix as that 🤣