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anon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Netflix didn’t fuck it 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 fuck it up.

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InternetUser2012@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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.

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- whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  All good shows that don’t blow up to Stranger Things levels get cancelled and the recommendation algorithm prioritizes mediocrity. Why would I pay for that 🤷‍♂️
  
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  - Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s the Fox model, which is what killed Firefly.
    
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    Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Airing episodes out of order didn’t help either
    
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    whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Came late to the party for Firefly but I’ve watched it. Fuck whoever decided to cancel it.
    
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iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Maybe a lot of their content is terrible but Delicious in Dungeon is a work of art!

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- Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I think they make like 200 shows a year, so sometimes they actually make good stuff by accident
  
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  - iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I don’t watch a lot of TV so it’s enough for me. Although to be honest if my partner ever gets smart and leaves me I’ll drop all streaming and just use i2p. 😆
    
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    Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I already have a Jellyfin setup like that but that also means I can watch that stuff from Netflix. I heard you can use i2p for torrenting (only Linux ISOs, of course) instead of a VPN, is that what you mean? I currently use a VPN for that.
    
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Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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