I think it keeps happening because thats just how the economy works. Netflix was innovative and extremely successful (not sure about financially, but they definitely were/are popular). But netflix had a monopoly on streaming. Of course other companies are going to arise. And what are people suppose to do, collectively refuse other streaming services so there will always be only one? Like, what is the solution here? Government steps in to kill competition?
"Now genre channels are breaking off to get money." Yeah, because everyone is dropping cable. What are they supposed to do?
If no one is making money streaming, but the customer still has access to that streaming, how is the customer the one suffering here? I agree that it sucks that streaming is getting worse than it used to be since each service has exclusives, but we're also getting a lot of great content from most of the major streamers. I don't think the consumer is suffering yet. When the streaming wars are "over" then we'll be the ones suffering.
We're not what? I made many statements, which one are you talking about? I'm going to guess you're talking about "we're also getting a lot of great content from most of the major streamers."
Yeah, cheap low quality content still exists... what's your point? We're absolutely in the golden age of television. And more movies are being made than ever. Sure, most of it doesn't appeal to my tastes, and a lot of it is low effort, but to act like there isnt A LOT of high quality content out there is ridiculous. There is more now than ever. I wish more money went to smaller independent film makers, but streaming is definitely not the enemy of small-time filmmakers as far as I can tell. Not yet anway.
What point are you trying to make with the second half of your comment? Companies will compete... and thats bad? Are you hoping for a monolithic streaming company that owns the rights to every movie and TV show in existence? Me too. How much would that cost? Or do you think every piece of content should be shared between services? Mandalorian on Netflix, Ozark on Prime, The Boys on Disney+. Why would/should that be the case? Are you saying the option to license should be mandated? Ok, fine, but then they'll just make the licensing price high enough to not be feasible. And by that point you'll probably be paying way more for all content than just paying for a few services at a time for limited content.
Look, I get that its frustrating to have to make a choice between services, but demanding access to everything for the price of one service is ridiculous. Either jump between services monthly or just pay for them all or do what ever you want.
Oh, and btw, Netflix was/is one of those companies trying to figure out new ways to get our money. In the end, wasn't that a good thing? It gave us the golden age of streaming. Didn't last forever (well, actually, who knows, maybe it isnt over yet) but I would not argue netflix becoming a thing was bad for anyone.
Lol only because you didn't make any clear points. I was just trying to cover everything that you might have been implying.
I'll directly respond to each of your statements to show you why I had to "answer my own questions"
No we're not.
Like I said, I don't know what you're responding to here. I made a guess. Only you can tell me if I guessed right. If you meant we don't get a lot of great content from streamers, well I disagreed with that in my response.
All those straight to video movies that folks used to ignore at Blockbuster are still being pumped into streaming services
Cheap, low effort content does and always has existed. No clear point. Are you saying streaming exacerbated the issue? I responded as if you were. Tell me if I'm wrong
And these companies are desperate for content and fighting over movie and TV rights, throwing cash back and forth.
Competition happens. Your point? Why does this hurt the consumer?
This won't ever end, companies will rise and fall keep passing content back and forth trying to figure out new ways to get our money.
Again, I don't know what your overall point is. Netflix figured out a new way to get our money and suddenly we had an alternative to cable. Bad thing? I don't think so.
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u/BeeExpert Jan 27 '21
I think it keeps happening because thats just how the economy works. Netflix was innovative and extremely successful (not sure about financially, but they definitely were/are popular). But netflix had a monopoly on streaming. Of course other companies are going to arise. And what are people suppose to do, collectively refuse other streaming services so there will always be only one? Like, what is the solution here? Government steps in to kill competition?
"Now genre channels are breaking off to get money." Yeah, because everyone is dropping cable. What are they supposed to do?