Comment on Netflix is planning to raise prices… again
AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 months agoAs consolidation continues corporations do not need to compete on prices as there are no alternatives. Yes people will pirate but they’ve already lobbied vendors to embrace DRM and governments to make it illegal so that makes it as annoying as possible.
Carobu@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Are we reading the same thing? Netflix has more competition now than it ever has. When Netflix had cheaper prices when it has no competition than it does now. Piracy has been making a huge resurgence as well.
query@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“More competition” meaning less access, people having to pay for multiple different services instead of having it in one place.
The competition should be about having the best platform, not exclusive content. There’s no reason why the same show couldn’t be on two different platforms. And available globally. Practically, all you really need is more local servers for where there’s more traffic.
Goronmon@kbin.social 11 months ago
Those both sound like competition to me. What you are really asking for is "I want things to be cheaper" which is a separate and sometimes related issue to competition, but separate nonetheless.
The path to lower prices would be government-mandated price controls on the industry.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now you’re just talking dorty cause you can.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mandatory price controls can be tricky economically. I could certainly consider them on thinks required for living (food, housing, fuel), but putting them on optional entertainment like streaming? That sounds very counter productive.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When Netflix started they entered the market as a licensor of content from studios.
This plausibility no longer exists. All of the studios have bought out competition and now only release their content themselves. This means there is no competition in the film distribution market.