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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by mlindner on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:16PM (#13970774)
My main beef is if I try to look up any old movie ever, It's almost guaranteed to not be on Netflix. It's the first place I try and it fails every time.
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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by ConceptJunkie on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:34PM (#13970922)
I pretty much stopped considering Netflix as a source for movies. On the other hand, I watch TV shows on it all the time, and there's a great selection of shows. The downside is like every stream service, content randomly comes and goes (mostly goes) with no apparent rhyme or reason. This is what I hate about Netflix and Hulu. Stuff constantly disappears. I just wish the content owners would stop playing this game.
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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by chc on Monday March 27, 2017 @05:55PM (#13972162)
I don't think it's content owners playing games. AFAIK Netflix declines to renew content, even if the deal isn't any worse than it was last time, in order to devote the money to new content.
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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by 8draco8 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @06:29AM (#13975431)
Netflix is not movie collection anymore. They become more like TV station on demand which is totally fine, because their original and acquired content is great but because of this pivot there is now small niche on the market for company that will serve wide range of featured, new and old movies in HD/4k on demand. Think Blockbusters or Apple Movies with monthly payments.
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