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Re:“Facebook Is the Internet” and Other Things Media People ... by bicknergseng on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:19PM (#10615722)
“Ugh, I only watch like 10% of the stuff on Netflix. Can’t I pay 89 cents instead of $8.99?”

I mean... $8.99 is already 10% of the $89.99+ that you'd have to pay to get a cable subscription with premium channels and HBO, but I think this is still an interesting argument. Does make you think about the power Netflix holds though: little stopping them from expanding services and prices until they are the new old cable company. Personally, I think even Netflix will eventually have to do what people have been demanding from the cable companies: break services into more a la carte (but still all you can eat) options.

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Re:“Facebook Is the Internet” and Other Things Media People ... by Jtsummers on Monday November 23, 2015 @01:49PM (#10616383)
Hulu is sort of doing this. They have their baseline Hulu+ ($7.99, IIRC). And now an ad-free (for most content, some licensing means there are commercials at the start and end of a few shows) for an extra few dollars. And now you can get Showtime (?) content for an extra few dollars.

Personally, I think it's brilliant (mostly). A multi-tiered platform with expanding, customizable content access. Add in a sports package and a few more premium content channels, and it's what cable should have become for a fraction of the cost.

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