• LeZero [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Netflix as it was when founded was truly a great service, lots of movies and shows from various sources, and it was relatively cheap

    If they didnt sink so much money into producing their own content, I think it would have kept some quality today even with the big fracturing of streaming services into a million different platforms

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      9 months ago

      They would’ve lost all their licenced content and been left with nothing. That’s why they pivoted.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      the media monopolies saw their success and undercut them by fencing all their content off behind their own streamers. netflix could’ve pivoted international (and to some extent has) but the original product in the US was doomed from the moment everyone realized it was a good idea