Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
by mokus on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:38PM
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Even worse; many of the restaurants still make you buy a whole bundle to get the one item you want from them. At the end of the day, in order to get your burger, fries and a shake you've also paid for 3 bowls of rice, 3 plates of nachos, 3 breakfast platters, 3 extra-large sodas, and (nobody knows why) 3 whole durian. Edit: oh, and a year of Prime shipping. Wat?
Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
by jonny_eh on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:48PM
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Switching between Hulu and Netflix on my TV is hardly like taking multiple cab rides. It's actually a far superior experience to cable TV.
Let's not forget that we need healthy competition in this space. We can't, and shouldn't, expect Netflix to just have everything, as good as their product is.
Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
by NegativeLatency on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @10:57AM
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Yeah, but now the streaming services have kombucha (exclusive content)
I wouldn't equate balkanization with a la carte. To stretch the restaurant metaphor, the current situation is akin to taking 5 cab rides between restaurants to cobble together a meal, there's a lot of overhead and waste. Traditional cable television is the restaurant with everything available, but you're required to purchase dessert and coffee to get access to soup and salad.