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Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code by syshum on Monday May 25, 2020 @06:41AM (#23299798)
They used to have that feature, they used to publicly list content expiration They stopped doing that because people would unsub, and there were groups and communities around tracking the status of shows

They [netflix] ended that about the same time they ended their Public API and starting becoming a "Media Company" instead of a tech company, this is also the point in time they became less consumer centrist.

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Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code by thejynxed on Monday May 25, 2020 @08:39AM (#23300345)
It's all due to investor pressure. Netflix was bleeding itself dry until they started making these changes.
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Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code by syshum on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:06PM (#23302366)
I agree it was investor pressure, I 100% disagree they were "bleeding themselves dry"

The short term thinking of modern business to chancing as much quarterly growth has humanly possible long term health be damned was the investor pressure they were / are under.

This will short term thinking will be (and has been) the cause of major problems not just in netflix but many companies

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