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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by setgree on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:40AM (#18952577)
> The cost of actually delivering the video was so tiny it didn't matter.

By one accounting standard, yes. By another, if you include the costs of producing Netflix's (actually really great) original content, no.

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by adambyrtek on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:36AM (#18953211)
You missed another important piece of the comment you quoted: "The videos were fixed cost licenses, not per view, so it didn't matter who watched it or for how long"

In other words this was about the marginal costs of delivering content to additional viewers, not fixed production costs.

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by Ensorceled on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:28AM (#18952729)
Production, licensing and delivery are all different expenses by any accounting standard.
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