Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy

Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by repsilat on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @09:39AM (#18978442)

> Segmentation is the biggest problem. But that's true for every digital store not just Netflix.

The effect in TFA only really happens with fixed-cost, apl-you-can-eat offerings. (Amazon Prime is another.)

It's why people groused for years about a la carte cable, but nobody cares about McDonald's not serving Pizza Hut.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:13AM (#18978761)

Amazon Prime isn't fixed cost though - anything remotely worth watching on there costs extra.

I'm not paying £7.99 on top of my existing subscription just to watch a 30-year-old movie I've already seen 15 times.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by mcv on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:03AM (#18979370)

I recently tried a free month trial on Amazon Prime because it looked like they had Good Omens. They only had the trailer and very little else. There's a cute kids' show that my youngest son loves, but I don't think we're going to extend this trial.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by sliken on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:46PM (#18984913)

Agreed, the selection is pretty terrible. Seems to be where terrible movies go to die.

I had a pretty high opinion of HBO from decades ago, tons of premium movies etc. I got a few months free from comcast and was surprised how little content there was.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by repsilat on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:09AM (#18979447)

> anything remotely worth watching on there costs extra.

Sorry, I just meant to refer to Prime free shipping. That was super ambiguous of me.

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