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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by adrianN on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:29AM (#13967521)
I like that Netflix invests to produce their own shows, but I feel like the end game of this is that Netflix becomes just another studio. I'd like a world where I can legally watch any movie for a small fee better than a world where I have to subscribe to ten different Internet-TV-Stations to get access to their respective content silo.
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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by dmix on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:17PM (#13970248)
It's not going to be 'just another studio' unless the other studios start making their content easily accessible both:

a) online

b) internationally

Most people in the US have no idea how annoying it is to deal with content restrictions. It sucks to be an internet company in an industry stuck in a pre-internet licencing worldview.

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